Would you pay for a XBOX 360 DLC/patch?

[Lexandro]

Would I pay for a patch? Hell no
Would I pay for DLC? Probably if at the right price.
Would I pay for a patch that also contains DLC? No.

Patches are by definition fixes for issues with a game title. These should ALWAYS be free as the end user has already paid for the product and fixing issues with a title is the responstability of the devs/publishers and they should pay for it.

DLC is a different story. But both together would be a totaly kick in the crown jewels to everyone who owns the title and has supported the game. It would instanly create a two tier online play mode, with "the have's" and the "have not's". With the way the playerbase is, any further erosion of the number of people eligable to play with one another would most likely kill of 90% of all online play.

[Robotic Pope]

Originally Posted by Lexandro

DLC is a different story. But both together would be a totaly kick in the crown jewels to everyone who owns the title and has supported the game. It would instanly create a two tier online play mode, with "the have's" and the "have not's". With the way the playerbase is, any further erosion of the number of people eligable to play with one another would most likely kill of 90% of all online play.

Exactly. Remember people this is a console game so the publishers have to play by Sony and Microsofts rules. One of which is a game MUST NOT have multiple versions of the same game being played online on their (MS and Sony) servers. Everybody playing online MUST have the same game, patched or unpatched.

[TRC Subaru]

Originally Posted by Robotic Pope

Exactly. Remember people this is a console game so the publishers have to play by Sony and Microsofts rules. One of which is a game MUST NOT have multiple versions of the same game being played online on their (MS and Sony) servers. Everybody playing online MUST have the same game, patched or unpatched.

I was playing FORZA 1 on-line after FORZA 2 was released, in fact, I believe you can still play it now - this is what I'm suggesting.

[Robotic Pope]

Originally Posted by TRC Subaru

I was playing FORZA 1 on-line after FORZA 2 was released, in fact, I believe you can still play it now - this is what I'm suggesting.

lol But thats a completly different game. Microsoft and Sony would demand the publishers pay them like it was a new game. This is very expensive. The publishers would have to be insane to want pay twice to release basicly the same (low selling) game again.

[TRC Subaru]

Originally Posted by Robotic Pope

lol But thats a completly different game. Microsoft and Sony would demand the publishers pay them like it was a new game. This is very expensive. The publishers would have to be insane to want pay twice to release basicly the same (low selling) game again.

Do not know a great deal on the pricing of releases, how much does it cost to release the patch? And how much for a new game release?