I was wondering....

[House MD 221B]

why are 1c 505 games pretending that giving us 40+ planes and releasing DLC later is so great for us?

dont get me wrong the 40+ planes is good, it means they are competing with HAWX, but lets not pretend that not giving us the cockpits and releasing them as DLC later is doing US a favour.... there's no way its going to be FREE DLC, we're going to have to pay for it. nevermind the issues of some people being disadvantaged by cockpits, while others dont have any.

Im not overly bothered, and im sure ill download it, but it does grind my gears that its billed as some massive favour to us. Yes id rather have 40 planes than 12, for that im truely greatful, but dont tell me im not going to have to pick up the tab for it through DLC.


discuss.....

[Kamak86]

maybe its becaus its only 49.99 not even a full price for a game, i wouldnt mind paying the 800-1000 points ($12.50) for the new material. I didnt like Hawx either.

[Jasta 6]

its because originally, having 40+ flyable planes was never even part of the equation. only the planes that you use in the campaign were going to be available. a last minute decision was made to make them all flyable, and pushing the game back further to create 30 more cockpit views wasn't an option. so yeah, it kind of is a favor to us, there are tons of threads on this. have a look around.

[House MD 221B]

well over here it IS going to be £39.99 which is alot of money for a game, especially one that isnt finished due to indecision.

like i said, dont get me wrong im greatful for the extra planes, it will be amazing, but id rather wait and part with my money for a finished game, than pay full price now, and then top it up for another £10, later, i dont know how 49.99 dollers equates at the current exchange rate but we here in england are not getting the same great deal you guys are.

and i know that it wasnt originally intended, im just saying lets not pretend its a favour when ultimately that "favour is going to hit us in the pocket". maybe not for people state-side, but it will over here.

[SleepTrgt]

Anton also said they will include them with OTHER DLC.

For example new maps/planes + cockpits.

[Kamak86]

Originally Posted by House MD 221B

well over here it IS going to be £39.99 which is alot of money for a game, especially one that isnt finished due to indecision.

like i said, dont get me wrong im greatful for the extra planes, it will be amazing, but id rather wait and part with my money for a finished game, than pay full price now, and then top it up for another £10, later, i dont know how 49.99 dollers equates at the current exchange rate but we here in england are not getting the same great deal you guys are.

and i know that it wasnt originally intended, im just saying lets not pretend its a favour when ultimately that "favour is going to hit us in the pocket". maybe not for people state-side, but it will over here.

I just looked up a price and its 30.80 (you fancy symbol for money) to our 49.99. and the DLC for 1000 MS pts will only be $12.50 to your 7.7 (fancy symbol) So we are saving around 15 pounds?

[House MD 221B]

also driving up the cost, once you add new maps DLC prices go up cus theres more in it,

again DLC is great as optional xtras, but some things should come as standard and are worth waiting for, cockpits imho are exactly that.

especially when u consider than if this DLC is optional, some people will choose not to download it so their view arent obscured, it creates an un-level playing field.

im curious to see how big these arenas will be, e.g. round flight times etc. i hope its not limited by time but by points, or your at least allowed to choose etc. that would be fantastic.

[House MD 221B]

Originally Posted by Kamak86

I just looked up a price and its 30.80 (you fancy symbol for money) to our 49.99. and the DLC for 1000 MS pts will only be $12.50 to your 7.7 (fancy symbol)

fancy symbol = a pound sign, and there we go, you're saving £10 more than we are, and 1000 MS points to the pound is also around about £10, so technically you save $20 US, which is great for you, but not for UK people. it's a little tight of the company. I wonder why there's such a big gap in price accross the pond, cus usually they're pretty similar. or at least they are with canada's market.

[moozicmon]

I think now is a lil too early to start complaining. The developers have really gone to bat for us with the suits and I am sure whatever DLC(s) they release will maintain the quality we have come to expect.

Do you think anyone at EA would beg to do MORE work just to appease the fans?

[Jasta 6]

i'm pretty sure the host will have the option to force everyone in his game to use the same view. so if you wanted, you could d/l the expansion, and only allow planes that have cockpits in your game and then force everyone to use only that view. that way, you could lock out superman view altogether.