You're exactly the kind of person that's turning the games industry to shit. Thanks a lot.

ya chris how dare you want to have more stuff to add on to a great game

/sarcasm

How am I turning the game industry into shit? By supporting it? I don't buy used games from Gamestop, only buy them on eBay when they're out of print. I don't pirate my games, and purchase additional content when it adds to the experience of the game. Exactly how am I turning the industry into shit by supporting it? Here I thought I had freedom to choose, as do you. If you want to buy additional Guitar Hero 2 tracks for $2 a pop, it's your choice. It's no different from buying add-ons like the sims, or buying rehashes of the same game (Mario 3, Mario World, Mario Sunshine? Mario Party 2-8? Metroid Prime 2 and 3?) I mean, unless you do nothing but support the indie scene, you're buying into a corporation. The sooner you admit to that and get your damn game on, the better off you are.

And yes, I would love to pay $5 for a pack that included shoes I'd wear (some Airwalk, Vans, more Circa), or band shirts / Hoodies I listen to (Pennywise, Bad Religion, Billy Talent). It would add to the experience for me. In what way, shape, or form is it a bad thing?

It's a bad thing simply because if there's a demand, which you are creating, then companies are gonna churn out unfinished games and sell you the rest of the game later.

You cannot deny this if you know the nature of business at all.

"It's a bad thing simply because if there's a demand, which you are creating, then companies are gonna churn out unfinished games and sell you the rest of the game later."

Well, that's if you're truly negative and think the world is black and can't admit that yes, it is a business. You're of the belief that EVERYTHING that has DLC is unfinished, you're an idiot. They can always add content later and the game is still considered finished. Hell, by that logic, you'd probably say Halo 3 was a rip-off because it was just a continuation of Halo 2, that they didn't finish the story... Or didn't see fit to pay for Two Towers and Return of the King because its all just one story. It's called companies have a budget and a timeline, just like any business. It's not rushing it out, it's making the deadline by the people funding the game. Gotta remember that developers and producers are two different companies. The developers come up with more content, the publishers give the money and the deadline to do so.

Personally, I think Skate was a completely finished game. I have no issues with it, and I don't see them adding new shirts / boards / shoes as 'finishing the game'. I see it as adding new content. Now if they didn't include the X-games portion and patched that in for a fee, then that'd be an unfinished game.

So yes, I'm giving in to the market and supporting the business method of add more DLC and possibly ship the game unfinished, but that's my choice and I think it's a great service. I much rather live in a gaming generation where they can add content post-release (even for a fee) then back in the SNES days where if a game was broken (or even like bubble bobble for DS, or SNK Card Fighters) and you're just stuck with a broken game. If you think that DLC is going away, you're really naive. The numbers are easily in their favor as far as downloads go, so get used to it.

There will be a skate 2. This is the best skating game out and one of the best sport games of the year.

All the critical acclaim is actually justified , even if the devil (EA) did make this game. If you personally don't like the game your entitled to you opinion but that won't change reality.

sarcasm, or sad assed n00b

YOU decide

my post was @ buckshot btw


odog how teh fuck did you post ABOVE my reply AFTER i replied? WTF?

You don't "have" to pay for anything. In the meantime, you are obviously enjoying your Wii more than I am enjoying mine (until SMG comes out anyways)

Wait, what the fuck has the Wii got to do with it all of a sudden? Talk about pathetic fanboys. Jesus christ.

And stop repeating the same old "yeah you don't have to buy it" kind of crap. You damn well know what this is about. Developers rushing out half assed games going "yeah we can always finish up the game later and sell em the extra stuff". And if you don't think this happens, you clearly don't even have the most basic understanding of how corporations work.

A fanboy? LOL. I own and enjoy all of the systems. The "Wii stuff" comes from 90% of the comments you make on this site.

PS: You are smart

Well either I'm smart, or you're just fucking dumb as hell, because nothing you've said so far really indicates what the hell the Wii has to do with this at all. I think it's because you don't have any real arguments, so you resort to that. Never mind.

You act as if your opinion of EA is unorthodox.

This is a blog. Whether or not something is news is not important. When will you people get that?

However, THIS is news. As pointed out, EA just LOVES microtransactions. For them deciding to NOT do such for this is somewhat odd.

"We didn't want to go back and ask [people] for more money to get more shoes and shirts."
But giving extra clothing for free is okay, right?

I definitely think so. Not only is EA arguably the biggest pusher of downloadable content, but Skate was also the #2 selling game on the 360 for September; certainly surprising and newsworthy.

Just like THPS2 was the height of that series. CONSPIRACY!