Modern Warfare 2 'Stimulus Package' DLC coming to PS3 May 4, worldwide on May 5

Says the guy with Ken, a Street FIGHTER, as his avatar.

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god I utterly agree..
I got sick of people bitching about shit in MW2 games...and moved to BC2 because they're way more fun to play online and I haven't looked back since.

How can you type this much with Master Chief's dick in your hand? Ohh, nevermind, it must be in your mouth.

deathxrebirth,

I'm sure it hasn't gone unnoticed by other publishers in the industry that 2.5 million people were more than happy to pay $15 for 5 maps (only 3 of which are new) in less than 48 hours after it was made available. The reason people are throwing the word "idiot" around on this site and others is that the acceptance of the Stimulus Package has set industry precedent in multiple ways, none of which are good for you (the gamer). The message being sent to other publishers is that it's a perfectly acceptable practice to put a relatively small amount of effort into making new content (or even lifting existing content directly from a game's immediate predecessor) while charging a 50% premium over similar DLC releases in the past. The Stimulus Package has raised the ceiling for map pack pricing from an accepted $10 to $15. Prices are sticky up; they rarely go down once they've risen and, if they do, it can take a relatively long time for them to. $15 is the cost of a proper expansion pack or even a fully fledged game. For what you're spending on the Stimulus Package, you could be buying Shadow Complex or something like a Fallout 3 expansion. Hell, you could probably buy a game like Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction, Dead Space, Soul Calibur IV, or Uncharted for only $5 more or get something like GTA IV: The Lost and the Damned. You could buy 3 PSN originals. Publishers are hearing, "We don't mind getting significantly less bang for our buck" and they are going to act on it accordingly.

If you find the Stimulus Package to be a good value and worth a purchase, then good on you; I hope you have fun once you buy it. However, a lot of people don't and they can see implications of buying it at its current price. While their response to the DLC's release and to those who bought can be distastefully worded, the logic behind it is perfectly sound and the fear of what could happen in the future is very real.

I typed a lot longer response but Joystiq ate it, so I will just say...

All well and said, but the bottom line is, MW2 is one of the best selling games of ALL TIME. People play the game religiously to this day. It was obviously worth it to 2.5mil people.

I can't see a lot of other games trying to adopt this price tier as they are NOT MW2 (I am not saying MW2 is end all best game, but you know a lot of people seem to think so. Numbers don't lie. Joystiq community is not a fair representation of what gamers think as a whole.) Let ubisoft try to charge $15 for some Assassin's Creed 2 DLC and see what happens. Even if they did, they would not be selling 2.5mil.

Activision knew they could get away with it and they went for it. I'm sure other publishers know what they can and can't get away with.

You are right in the fact that no other game can garner such a price because no one would pay for it.

People like it. I do not think 2.5 million people are stupid. They bought something that they saw the value in. Yes a lot of people do not see the value in it so they do not buy it. But is it really necessary to call them idiots?

A lot of people would not see the value in $20k Brequet watch, but if I could afford it, I would certainly own one for sure. Same goes for a lot of things.

Why can we not say "yeah this $15 is just not worth it for me" instead of saying "Anyone who buys this has no idea of value." Value is subjective, it is what you can justify to spend on a certain thing.

I will most likely buy this, I love the game. I will also be trying out the Halo:Reach beta, though I will most likely not buy the game, not a huge Halo fan, but to those that like it, well that is awesome.

What I am really looking forward to is the new MoH.

lol . . . old habit

No way! Me too!

Sweet, me three . . . and another Shadowrun fan! (It's common knowledge that by not namedropping Shadowrun, you are indeed implying that you are a Shadowrun fan - it's the Shadowrun fan code)

I liked none of those! :O

I call shinanigans!

Don't forget team fortress 2!

With the noob tube they use scavenger so they can have infinite grenades... Yeah, frustrating.

That being said, I play it all the time mainly because my friends do. But I'll probably end up being suckered into buying this.

You're late

like 2 pages late

so were you.

please, stop.

i get what you are saying, i loved avatar, and i certainly see the appeal to mw2.

but gaga? no, sorry, it's very easy to not like her.

no dude, people hate her because she is ridiculous.

it's equally arrogant to believe that people hate her only because she is popular, i mean for crying out loud, her songs can be pretty annoying, and her videos are completely ridiculous.