A bone to pick with WB / Rocksteady

[Zeus]

Those fuckers made the Catwoman interwoven secondary storyline in Arkham City a DLC that you get free with new copies. So, like Ubisoft before them, they take a portion of the actual game out and make it DLC (although you do get it free if you buy new). This is a horrible, horrible trend. I can't even let my buddy borrow my game anymore without him missing out on part of the real game (not some side mission: the story is interwoven with the Batman story)? Bullshit I say

[Eric]

Good thing I never let people borrow my games and always buy new. :p

[bovine]

EB cut a deal with them so they have codes to pack in with used games. So in this case, I agree that the only person really getting fucked is the consumer who must now jump through hoops/get a gimped copy of the game for pretty much no reason now.

I do not sell games or buy them used, so all of this online pass and locked content business is punishing me to jump through extra hoops.

[Zeus]

Wow, to make things even worse, the Catwoman code is only if you buy it at EB/Gamestop......even if you get a used copy from them.

http://www.1up.com/news/avoid-paying-ex ... rkham-city

So, they're even forcing you to go to a specific retailer to play a portion of the game. Fuck you, Rocksteady

[bovine]

Wow, to make things even worse, the Catwoman code is only if you buy it at EB/Gamestop......even if you get a used copy from them.

http://www.1up.com/news/avoid-paying-ex ... rkham-city

So, they're even forcing you to go to a specific retailer to play a portion of the game. Fuck you, Rocksteady

Please reread the article.

[Alec]

Mod your Xbox, burn the game, then pay for the DLC.

Or grab a JTAG and get both the DLC and game for free.

/huehuehue

[Lox]

Wow, to make things even worse, the Catwoman code is only if you buy it at EB/Gamestop......even if you get a used copy from them.

http://www.1up.com/news/avoid-paying-ex ... rkham-city

So, they're even forcing you to go to a specific retailer to play a portion of the game. Fuck you, Rocksteady

Nope. I bought from Best Buy and I have one. That article is referring to buying used copies only.

[Zeus]

Mod your Xbox, burn the game, then pay for the DLC.

Or grab a JTAG and get both the DLC and game for free.

/huehuehue

I do actually like the publishers to get my money....a certain amount of it, at least.

And as a collector, I don't burn games, I want to own them.

[Zeus]

Wow, to make things even worse, the Catwoman code is only if you buy it at EB/Gamestop......even if you get a used copy from them.

http://www.1up.com/news/avoid-paying-ex ... rkham-city

So, they're even forcing you to go to a specific retailer to play a portion of the game. Fuck you, Rocksteady

Please reread the article.

Even if it's just used games, still bad. Still promoting one retailer over another, still bad....just not as bad

[Alec]

GameStop struck a deal to have additional codes to give away with their used copies...I'm sure other retailers could have struck a similar deal if they wanted to. I'm not really seeing favoritism.

I am also a collector...but my collection is more of the "Steam list" persuasion. I absolutely would have paid for Arkham City through Steam had it launched alongside the console versions.

[SineSwiper]

IE: Piracy wins.