Fallout 3 DLC Exclusivity speculation

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Edge offers some thoughts on the Fallout 3 DLC exclusivity, thinking that perhaps money was involved (seriously, guys, ya think?).<blockquote>"...I think it's a very good possibility that Microsoft and Bethesda were partners in this decision. Obviously Microsoft paid up to secure exclusive online content for GTA IV, and online is a cornerstone for Microsoft's digital media strategy."

But Bethesda won't share details of its decision to bring Fallout 3 DLC only to Microsoft platforms.

"...We aren’t going to get into the details of the hows and whys," said Bethesda marketing boss Pete Hines in an e-mail. "[DLC] will be exclusive for PC and 360. [We're] not going to give any other qualifiers or clarifications as it relates to other platforms."</blockquote>Link: Bethesda Mum on Fallout 3 DLC Exclusivity Deal on Edge.

Spotted on F3: APNB.
 
Well, anyone that uses PC as a synonym for 'x86 machine with microsoft windows installed' is in on the m$ conspiracy. Everybody knows that, eh?
beth is SO not getting my money.
 
Pete Hines said:
"...We aren’t going to get into the details of the hows and whys,"
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Secrecy? From Bethesda? No way!

They could have at least conjured some shitty excuse like the lack of experienced personnel to distribute the content to other platforms.
 
I don't think you can use this as an excuse to get riled up at The Man (or Bethesda). This is how the game industry works these days, especially for big games.
 
Who's getting riled up?

That said, I'd be a bit miffed if I were a PS3 player. Just like I'd feel miffed about Portal: Still Alive if I were an Xbox360 player.

The fact that "the industry just works that way" doesn't even begin to make it right.
 
I would imagine this has to do with

1. The amount of trouble Bethesda had getting DLC to work with the PS3 architecture previously
2. Microsoft is trying not only to steer people to their platforms but also trying to relaunch GFW after a poor first attempt on the PC

The GFW initiative wasn't a bad idea but the execution was pretty piss poor. We'll see how this run at it goes.
 
Anani Masu said:
2. Microsoft is trying not only to steer people to their platforms but also trying to relaunch GFW after a poor first attempt on the PC

The GFW initiative wasn't a bad idea but the execution was pretty piss poor. We'll see how this run at it goes.
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I expect another failure. They don't really care, they're just blowing hot air.
 
Brother None said:
Who's getting riled up?

That said, I'd be a bit miffed if I were a PS3 player. Just like I'd feel miffed about Portal: Still Alive if I were an Xbox360 player.

The fact that "the industry just works that way" doesn't even begin to make it right.
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I guess. I've never seen there being any other reason for the exclusivity, so I suppose I hadn't thought of it as news before.
 
What can you do? Money talks.

That being said, I think I'll live even if I don't get the chance to pay $2.50 for some robot horse armor.
 
I don't see the big deal. MS says to Beth "I'll give you lots of money to help back your game, but you can only make it for the MS platforms..." Isn't that the whole point of investing, so that you hope to get the results you put money towards...What was Beth supposed to do? "No sorry we don't want your money and we'll spend a lot more of our own money to make it more cross platform..."

Nothing is for free and likely other/more investors would have wanted to put their own constraints on how their money would be spend...
 
ArmorB said:
I don't see the big deal.
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Um.. Encourages monopolies and fucks over the small businesses.

Kind of like how Dell + HP + Gateway get discounted XP and Vista licenses, while the computer shop I work at has to sell our computers with the full-price OEM or license copies of the windows operating systems.

Corporations shouldn't be able to make deals with only certain other companies. If it's available to one, it should be available to all.
 
So you're saying that Dell + HP + Gateway shouldn't be able to get a deal by buying in bulk?

I'm sure that if your shop bought 1 million licenses they could get a price break as well.

There may be valid arguments but that is not one of them...
 
So everyone needs $40 million dollars to get a discount?

Yeah... Corporations are awesome. Along with Lobbyists. They make the world we live in better everyday.

If I was Microsoft(The company, not a person), I would make everyone of those S.O.B.s pay the full price. What are they going to do, switch to Linux?

I've derailed this thread enough. Hit me baby one more time, but I'm done after that.
 
Good or evil, it was little more than a sound financial choice. And very rarely is lots of money made by making the "morally correct choice."

If you could make an investment that would make you lots of money and piss off your competitors would you do it?
 
ArmorB said:
Good or evil, it was little more than a sound financial choice. And very rarely is lots of money made by making the "morally correct choice."

If you could make an investment that would make you lots of money and piss off your competitors would you do it?
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And that's exactly what's wrong with capitalism.
 
The thing everyone seems to be missing is that the Xbox Live / Bethesda Horse Armor model is total crap, because for over a decade PC game developers have given their users much more than that for FREE.

The only people that don't seem to have a problem with this are the ones who A) Work at a game company and wants to profit from it, or B) Someone that was born after 1990.

Why pay for a house, or horse armor, when companies like Valve give away huge updates to their games for free?
 
Beelzebud said:
Why pay for a house, or horse armor, when companies like Valve give away huge updates to their games for free?
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Or, for that matter, when modders add significantly more and superior content than what Bethesda offers via DLC.

Too true.
 
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