Developers are very rarely the ones who decide a DLC should come out, it is usually a lead or a shareholder pushing for more content to sell. Also even when work on a dlc is being made there are still other teams of devs working on bug fixes, the numbers of devs on those teams change by their lead director and what they wanna focus on.
They already made the content, they just cut it out of the game so they can sell it to you afterwards
I miss buying Super NES games where the game was finished and it worked and you didn’t have to pay for content that should have been included to begin with.
People still dont realize that most companies have different teams working on different things? The DLC team isnt working on bugs, because its the DLC team. Same reason why the bug-stomping team isnt working on the DLC.
To be fair, it’s the execs and not the developers. The developers are the ones begging for more time to fix the bugs, but being told the game will be released yesterday.
As an SA who works directly with multiple software development teams. I assure you that the coders are over-worked and it’s their PM’s that are over promising to their bosses
“I should make a DLC that fixes those bugs and introduces the missing content”
“Ok, it should be in the game to begin with, but….”
“And it will also add new bugs and wont deliver on what it promisses”
“Ohhh… Cmon”
Tell me you don’t understand game development without telling me you don’t understand game development.
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it (Marketing strategy, that is).
This is like every Dev going nowadays.
so you are saying that if the game lacks content they shouldn’t make a dlc?
even tho a dlc is more content? (and normally comes with a huge update fixing tons of bugs)
Just say Cyberpunk
Stated preference: Gamers complain about bugs, lack of content
Revealed preference: Gamers buy the DLC and pre-order the sequel.
We should also release the game in an unacceptable state because we can patch it later – Studios
At this point ,DLC should stand for DELETED CONTENT
Doesn’t matter if the game is broken if people buy it anyway
G A M E F R E A K
So Ark: Survival Evolved.
Seriously, fuck Studio Wildcard and the devs that lied repeatedly / ignored gamebreaking bugs to keep chasing the next DLC dollars.
This but replace the first speech bubble with
**”MY GAME IS OUT ON EARLY ACCESS”**
Cyberpunk in a nutshell
Developers are very rarely the ones who decide a DLC should come out, it is usually a lead or a shareholder pushing for more content to sell. Also even when work on a dlc is being made there are still other teams of devs working on bug fixes, the numbers of devs on those teams change by their lead director and what they wanna focus on.
And also fire the only dev who knows how the combat system work. What could go wrong ?
Unrealistic
They already made the content, they just cut it out of the game so they can sell it to you afterwards
I miss buying Super NES games where the game was finished and it worked and you didn’t have to pay for content that should have been included to begin with.
Elder Scrolls Online to a T
This is just half of Nintendo. (And most[all of EA])
That is not the case for fromsoft expect for one game we all know
There was a time when the addon to a game was the only patch we’d ever get.
They aren’t greedy. You don’t get paid for bug fixes. They need to pay salaries while working on the next game.
Well, indies anyway. Put an EA stamp on that cartoon’s forehead.
Nothing will ever beat when the devs for Ark sold DLC for their *early access* game that was a buggy mess.
I thought it was more like, they planned and started the DLC long before the game was released so they can’t just abandon it.
People still dont realize that most companies have different teams working on different things? The DLC team isnt working on bugs, because its the DLC team. Same reason why the bug-stomping team isnt working on the DLC.
Stop buying the games.
Hunt showdown
Change developers to publishers and I agree.
Fallout 4 go brrrrrrr
Game Freak rn
WWE 2K22 fans are suffering this exact thing.
To be fair, it’s the execs and not the developers. The developers are the ones begging for more time to fix the bugs, but being told the game will be released yesterday.
assuming the content wasnt already built into the game with a paywall, nothing is wrong with a good DLC. mtx is more of an issue
As an SA who works directly with multiple software development teams. I assure you that the coders are over-worked and it’s their PM’s that are over promising to their bosses
Damn you gamefreak!
I had to check which subreddit this was, thought it was about my DnD game lol…
Accurate
Actually at this point, it’s not even the developer/producer’s fault. It’s the consumers. Keep buying faulty shit results to this.
Well a dlc technically fixes the first problem
Greedy developers, or greedy publishers?