Mass Effect 2, Cerberus Network
I know plenty of you have been eagerly anticipating Commander Shepard’s return in Mass Effect 2. The time for that has come and it means the time has come for a little controversy surrounding DLC plans for Mass Effect 2. The Cerberus Network, named after an organization in the game, is an online portal for downloadable content in Mass Effect 2.
Included in each copy of Mass Effect 2, for both PC (digital and box) and Xbox 360, there is a Cerberus Network card with a unique single-use code. Login to the Cerberus Network in Mass Effect 2 and register your code to enlist! Once you are a member, Cerberus Network content is available to you at no extra charge. This content includes new missions, characters (Zaeed for example) and a lot more on the DLC front.
New purchasers get the unlock code for the portal for free, which will give players access to the game’s DLC. If you plan to buy used, you’ll have to pay $15 to get onto the network. This is no doubt a way to get everyone to purchase a new copy of Mass Effect 2 and not a used copy. BioWare did say though that no one will be restricted from content so I’m wondering what the purpose is if used buyers will get the DLC anyway. I guess that developers are trying everything they can to offset the loss in used saled.
Are you planning to be a part of the Cerberus Network? It’s free to those of you who buy a new copy of the game and fifteen bucks for those who buy used. What say you to this method of getting you to buy a new copy of the game?
January 25th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
I give them respect for trying something new.
I’m looking forward this new online portal because I’m such an ME fanboy. I can never have enough LOL
If no one is restricted from content then why do this?
They should make missions and achievements available only to new games purchased IF they want to cut out the used game market a bit. But I don’t think that will happen.
January 25th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
nah i don’t think they’ll take it to that extreme and alienate a portion of their fans…they should…but they won’t.
January 25th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
they aren’t doing anything criterion didn’t do before, except forcing xtra purchase for used sales
January 25th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Can someone translate comment #4 please?
January 25th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
I stayed alive this long only to play ME2. 2 more days for me
January 25th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Just a heads up Deac, The Cerberus Network will cost $15 – http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/01/mass-effect-2-the-cerberus-network-will-run-used-gamers-15.ars
January 25th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Sweet, looking forward to things.
January 25th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
And I think Bioware is so smart by doing this thing with the Cerberus Network.
January 25th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Retailers are making a huge profit on used games and I’d like them to burn in hell anyway with their overpriced bullshit, let us buy directly from the publisher and destroy the middle man! someone get the gasoline!
January 25th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Their method is brilliant and I believe it will be effective. As a consumer, I usually buy new defendant upon the game and this one is worth a new purchase for DLC as its predecessor was amazing.
January 26th, 2010 at 4:16 am
I am all for a developer adding value to their new product instead of whining about the used game market.
January 26th, 2010 at 7:17 am
IGN – 9.6
GameSpot – 9.0
January 26th, 2010 at 10:06 am
I was getting it new anyway, this is just a extra treat. I like it, lol.