Burnout Paradise's Big Surf Island now premium DLC

For how well they support their games with free content, I don't mind sending a little more cash their way.

More developers should learn from Criterion on supporting their games.

I hope they just release a new Burnout soon, I didn't like Paradise as much as Revenge.

Great,i bet this was more of EA's doing than MS's.

Criterion: So we got this new DLC for Burnout Paradise
It's a new island where you can do stunts and....

EA: Yeah,yeah, so how much you charging the suckers?

Criterion: Ummm....free? Like the rest of our DLC?

EA: Free? Free!!!!(does a exorcist head turn)Free!!
(now in demon voice) Nothing is free from EA!!!!! Nothing!!! Charge them or I'll ban you into the abyss!!!!

Criterion:(whimpering)"YYYYYYeeesss Maaassstteer..."

The island was always going to be paid content. All the other updates they did so far (bikes, new online game modes, etc) were free - but they have always said (on their own blog/forums) that the island would be the first paid add on.

So, unless there's a [citation] that refutes, this article is wrong.

I suspect so. Wouldn't it kill, if this was free on PS3, and cost points on 360. I mean it's bad enough for 360 owners to pay for a peer-peer gaming service crammed with adverts.

They've done tons of great free stuff. Fair enough to charge for some stuff now.

lol @ TF2 on consoles.

I'm sorry but knowing Xbox Live's ADD-stricken community that renders all-but-the-most-important-games completely empty and unplayable barely months after the release, I'm surprised that there are still people who play this game especially after how Valve handled everything...

GIVE ME CRASH MODE BACK ALREADY!!!!

Wow, such ignorance.

@Shadow Hog
Didn't you notice the multiple free updates the game has gotten already? Odds are EA PAID (a relatively small fee) for those to be put up for free. Now EA's going to be getting money instead. MS probably does still charge developers for content that is put up, but Valve is frankly probably trying to secure the PC gaming market because of all the money they make on Steam. Sure Valve could reward the millions of console buyers of The Orange Box, but they choose not to. Hopefully they'll change their attitude with Left 4 Dead, especially considering how the game has sold more on 360 than PC.

@DigDug
Has there been any content that was up for free on PSN but charged for on Live? I don't think so.

@Jakka
People still play TF2 on Live. I think Live games actually retain more players than other platform's games, but there's simply more online games available on Live. On PC you still have a handful of people playing old classics like Quake 1, but smaller tier titles get abandoned even more quickly.

@Wise: L4D is selling better on the XBox? I haven't seen any sales figures yet and don't trust VG. If it is, I hope Valve will release X-Pacs for it. Right now my friends and I are completely addicted to the game on Live.

You know, if they had released this 6 months ago, I would've definitely paid for it. Now, I don't see the reason to go back to this game - it was fun and all, but I've moved on, and I don't pay for DLC for games that I'm not playing.

I hope all of this content will be included in to the PC version

So will this island come with extra Trophies/Achievements? I'm already ready to give my money to this amazing company even though I haven't played the game since a few days after the last patch... Been too busy with other games this season!

"Wow, such ignorance" is right.

@ wise_old_bird
"MS probably does still charge developers for content that is put up, but Valve is frankly probably trying to secure the PC gaming market because of all the money they make on Steam. Sure Valve could reward the millions of console buyers of The Orange Box, but they choose not to."

Because Microsoft won't let them.
Microsoft is in charge of the Live marketplace, period. Developers have to earn certification to publish things on the marketplace. A part of that certification is charging for premium content.

Valve has already said numerous times now that TF2 on the 360 will receive the class updates, in a giant megaupdate that will be premium content DLC (ie costs money). Do you honestly think Valve WANTS to charge for it when they DO NOT charge for it on the PC?

Any doubt of this was squashed when Geometry Wars was first announced, which Bizarre Creations wanted to be FREE. They asked Microsoft, who in turn told them they had to charge something for it. So they chose the smallest amount they could charge - 400 MS points. $5.

I guarantee you that if Gabe Newell wasn't such a Ps3 hater, the same update on the PSN would be free of charge because Sony doesn't have the same checks in place in regards to their online marketplace.

Doesn't bother me either way; if a FPS is available on the PC, I buy the PC version. Free content is one of the reasons; mods is the other reason.

@wise_old_bird

From what I understand, EA and criterion used Burnout Paradise as a test to see how combining in-game advertising and freely distributed content would work out.

Microsoft has some kind of that goes, for every two items you distribute freely, you must charge for one. Or something similar to that.

I also find it hard to believe that L4D sold more on PC than 360

Fuck, its typo day.

I find it hard to believe that Left 4 Dead sold more on the 360 than PC.

Sorry for spamming your inbox Shadow

this is a good game but it hasnt been in my 360 since i got COD 4 im still tryin to get my gold cross 6 more prestiges!!

So yea... When is the update with the retry option coming?