Mortal Kombat 'Season Pass' discounts DLC for Xbox

Well for Kenshi, Rain, and the unannounced, there better be free skins for additional existing characters.

so does this pack give us the pre-order dlc as well? or just the compatibility pack skins. it reads a little confusing...

$5 for one character? looks like WB is jumping on the greed train. to buy all four characters separately, it cost about 1/2 of what you could buy the game for. this crap makes the CoD map pack price argument seem trivial now.

Wow only Xbox that's so weak now I have to pay more just because I got it for my ps3 not my Xbox THATS BULLSHIT

$5 for a character? That's pretty BS. But I'll probably buy them all anyways.

It's a start. I'd like to see $30 games with $30-40 of additional content you can unlock on the disc. Why beat around the bush? If you want to time-delimit portions of the game to the calendar year to discourage resale just come out and do it in full effect.

AGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *fanboy rage* *foam leaking from mouth* *seizure*

Man, Evil Ryu is boss...wait what, MK?

Anyone know why they're only doing this for Xbox and not PS3? Is the L.A. Noire pass thing also exclusive to Xbox?

*please no sarcastic/fanboy-ish comments.

It's one think to have exclusive characters or DLC on one platform versus another, but if I want that DLC I have to pay more on one console versus another because I didn't buy it on the 360? I'm sorry but that's bullshit. I was actually looking forward to these new characters, now I won't be buying any of them.

theyr getn.ther payback for not getting an exclusive character makes sense

15 dollars and its an xbox exclusive? WB obviously didnt learn to much from L.A Noire.

"This is an Xbox 360-exclusive offer..."

Jeez. I wish the only exclusive content in console gaming was limited to retail titles, like Halo/Forza, Uncharted/Gran Turismo, Mario/Mario. Timed exclusivity and offering DLC free on one platform but selling it for another has gotten old. Obvs, doing business like that makes money but it keeps hammering deeper the wedge between "factions." So silly.

just put it this way, buy 3 get 1 free

They are MvC3ing us, RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is really dumb because people have already chosen what version they want. This doesn't really help 360 but only screws PS3 owners out of $5.

Rain? Seriously? Do people actually want that character? I'll take Bo Rai Cho and his fat ass over Rain anyday.

They are MvC3ing the whole deal. WTF WB!!!!!!!!???????

Can we get a $5 DLC netcode upgrade? I'm sure far more people would support better netcode and less noticable lag online than 4 new characters.

I hope someone important reads this.....

I love the idea of a dlc pass. The concept of paying ahead for what's going to come out is attractive bc you know you pay it once and that over time it will more than pay off. That's the whole purpose of pre-order dlc, right? To pay it all ahead of time in the hopes that the extra content will be worth it in the end? That's totally cool, and a great idea, but the execution of it, that's the problem. It feels stale and the pre-order bonuses are have too much content. When it's too much, you feel like the content should have been in the game. They should be smaller, worth "less" (like character skins that can become available later).

The inverse of the loaded pre-order is the post-game dlc. Map packs, these days, are costing up to $15, 1/4 of the total game price; and, there is no denying that the fat cats have already considered, if not already committed, to selling them for $20. That's too much money to feel worth it. I understand that there are people out there who will pay that. It is a smart way to extend the life of a title if you only play that one game. I'm just too ADD to play one game for that long.

To top it off, Mortal Kombat wants us to pay $5 per new character! And that's not even the outrageous part! The Mortal Kombat 'Season Pass' isn't even at a slight discount!?!?! Shouldn't paying up front entitle the person who actually wants those extra characters to some kind of discount? No, NetherRealms (or more likely Warner Bros.) decided against it.

Fine, it's business, I get it. But it makes us, those who have watched the gaming business evolve since the late 80's, feel forgotten. I remember when DLC on consoles first started. It has gone from something novel to detestably enveloping.

I want to play those map packs; I want those characters. I will not pay what you are asking for because you are fiscally abusing me. Gaming culture is no longer about the games. It's about add campaigns, about awareness; it's about money. Sure, the companies say it's about the experience, that the game takes seriously everything we love about them. But it's not true, that's just the marketing trying to sell you the game.

I feel like a father who's child is sick. All I want to do is fix it. I want healthy gaming back. But what can I do? The giants of the industry don't care about me, so they don't put stock in the validity of my plea. Can't anyone else see this happening? ...... Do any of you care?

Bloody hell some of you have outrageous senses of entitlement.
Would I like to pay less than 1200 MSP for four characters? Of course I would. I'd also like my other DLCs, XBLA games and tins of baked beans to cost less but until they go on offer, ain't gonna happen.

This is much more preferable to what Capcom is doing. Why? Because (with the exception of grossly unfinished Skarlet data) this isn't already on the disc and is actually NEW KONTENT. Capcom was a piss-take but this? I'm okay with this.

PS3 owners on the other hand are getting the shaft so I can sympathise with you. But not that much. Enjoy your Kratos.

(Protip: Never pay full price for your points, get discounted prepaid cards wherever possible.)

I like this model. Hopefully more developers/publishers adopt it.

Subscription-based console gaming, here we come!
(we're all f*cked)