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The upcoming World War II open-world game The Saboteur will feature DLC available at launch that adds nudity to the title. Along with the exposed breasteses, "The Midnight Show" DLC also adds a gambling mini-game and a small secret area in the game where players can get lap-dances.
The pricing is where things get interesting, though. A code will come with the game that unlocks the content, so, in a sense it's free. If you don't buy the game, though, you'll have to pay $4.99 to download it. That means that gamers who rent, borrow, copy, find, or otherwise acquire the game will have to pay for the content.
To be fair, it sounds like this DLC adds purely aesthetic features to the title, but, viewed from a certain angle, in order to get a "complete" copy of the Saboteur, you'll essentially have to tack an extra five bucks onto the used-game price. I can see why a game company would resort to this tactic, but, as a guy who likes to lend out games to friends when I'm finished with them, I think this is sort of sucky. Not sucky like it would be if a game company left out something important in a game, but just a little sucky.
Would you pay the five bucks for digital boobies? What do you think of this strategy?
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Godliek
Yay for boobies.
Kennedy
This is pretty stupid.
theantigzus
this DLC has convinced me to buy a game i have til today completely looked over :)
YoSoyJu
I think this means good news for future titles that receive and AO rating. Games like Manhunt 2 can release an M rated game on the shelf that plays the way they always intended it to. Though I love the ESRB for doing their best to keep parents make an informed decision about what their children play, an AO rating is in effect censorship, as no console will support it, and no retailer will sell it. This strategy hopefully will get more games made the way they were always supposed to be.
Spybreak
*smacks forehead* I'm glad Bethesda didn't give me naked horse armor, oh wait my horse was naked, ahhhH!
best_video_gamer
would i pay the extra 5$ well i could care less but i'd say less it seems likea good tactic but then you think about it why is there a SECRET area to get a lapdance you know in GTA4 you can get one too and it isn't in a secret area so WTF? o well i geuss it looks awesome
Kallazar
Arrrgghgh! Release DLC! I just changed this from a buy to a rent.
RinceJester
I have a question, do you think that they added the boobs selling point to the dlc since the majority of people which trade or buy used games tend to be of a younger age? I agree that its interesting how different companies deal with DLC differently.
BertSaxby
One reason I see this as a good thing, they could keep kiddies from getting hold of AO material by requiring valid CC information to unlock the DLC download. In this way they can sell a game with AO rated material and also retail it at the chain stores. As far as disallowing a title sold on the secondary market to get DLC....FAIL...just more lost revenue.
Wozman23
I'm not paying $5 dollars for digital boobies, that's ridiculous! Upgrade it to a digital vagina though; then I'm faced with a tough decision.
P.S. I like melons...
teh_lolz
This is not really that important, but it is a new thing to video games. However, I feel that parents of children will not let their children play this game just because of aforementioned nudity. It really reflects poorly on society that they will let their children play games that focus mainly on murder and death, with graphic violence, yet seem to be opposed to the idea of nudity in a game. Oh well, Still looks like a sweet game.
Krypton
I like this strategy. It helps the developer get people to buy the games new instead of used. Bioware did this with the first DLC for Dragon Age: Origins \"The Stone Prisoner\", which costs $15.00 if you buy it off XBL Marketplace or the PSN Store.
More companies should do this with launch DLC. Give it to players for free who purchase the game from retail. Let the others who decide to rent/borrow or get the game used, let them pay for it.
the_azure_knight
I <3 boobies
randomamber
Personally, I like any game that gives control of content to the purchaser.
While many made fun of Gears of War 2 for its \"sunshine and lollipops\" settings, I think such options give greater control to parent/adults who might not buy games for the extreme content and who might enjoy playing games with their kids.
backerman
Sex & Boobs will sell. I can't wait to pick up on Dec 8th.
Kensan_Oni
Isn't the Saboteur about blowing stuff up? I mean, does anyone really care about ogling virtual ladies outside of teens? Get out of my way, I need to blow more stuff up.
Really, I don't think anyone is going to care past the initial curiosity stage.
Tmidiman
I can see were they are going, but I'm not sure if that is enough. I mean if I bought it used would I care? I'd like to see that stats on this and see how many gamers buy the DLC because they rent or buy used. I'd like to see the numbers for Jan '10 and Dec '10. SJ you should put a reminder up to ask EA what the stats are.
Since it's an open-world game I will get this day one, so I'm not worried about it.
kampfer_sama
Not a terrible move on their part. Hopefully the codes will still be included by the time an online store like Amazon or GoGamer has a sale on it. I never pay full price for a game, even if it means I miss out on some launch or pre-order exclusive.
TangoAlphaLima
Well, without discussing the merits of the content, I think this DLC strategy is also very interesting from a PR standpoint. We all saw the fervor over the \"Hot Coffee\" GTA mod that was left in the game code. Here, Pandemic can release the game without this questionable content, then just put up a lot of warnings when a player downloads the DLC. Considering a significant portion of gamers still don't get online, and a lot of those are probably kids, it makes sense.
Regarding the DLC pricing structure of free when purchasing a new game, $5 if not, that also makes sense. Publishers have desperately wanted to cull the used game market for years. The used games sold to Gamestop and bought by another gamer don't add anything to the publisher's bottom line. They don't see any profit from that transaction. Publishers would much rather everyone buy a new copy when they want one. This is one way to help a publisher make a profit when those used games are purchased.
ManWhoWasNotThere
well they know their audience, gamers are, by and large nerds, and you know what they say about the nerds, they like the boobies...
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