Doesn't matter, as long as any game content DLC will still be available later as well, not only to Day-1 buyers or something (which I first thought was the gist of this incident).

I probably wouldn't be buying ME3 for another 5 years anyway (because I have so many other games to play before it), so I'll get it cheap then for a couple of euros with (hopefully) all the relevant DLC. I assume a truly great game will be great also 5-10 years from now, just like a great movie or piece of music is.

I've been kind of expecting though that game publishers would try to reward pre-orderers, and at the same time punish people like me who have no problem waiting, by e.g. offering some content only to people who buy the game for 60€ when it is brand-new. But it would be a double edged sword for them because that would possibly make sure that we late buyers wouldn't want to buy such content-limited games later either, even for a reduced price.

Next in the line: games that perish one year after the release, just so that people would have to keep buying newer games, if they want to play anything. After all, people who wait for a reduced price (and bugs ironed out, and user mods, and their own PC HW to catch up with the HW demands of the new games) are similar thieves like people who sell or buy second-hand games. They are refusing to pay the margins that the publisher originally wanted.

As has been pointed out before, it's not what you say, but how you say it that matters when trying to argue for or against a certain point.

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Because there won't be any ads at all about it all over the web soon?

It will be sold anyway. Like most of the "exclusive" DLCs EA made.

Having seen your post (and all the answers), I'd say you're not in the best position to talk about looking at the situation realistically and rationally.

you guys can't be serious...
I mean... it is a dlc. there is no way to avoid it unless you don't buy the game yourself, don't use the internet (which you do so it is your fault) and don't read the box, don't read ANYTHING!


anyhow
yeah.
short answer.
fuck them. i ain't buying that until CE. If there is no CE with all DLC then i won't buy it (75% off on everything counts too). I loved both ME but i ain't that big of fan to support something like that.

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hahaha Roman talking about being realistic and rational.

I was pretty much a BioWare fanboy, but it's this kind of thing that has jaded me to no end. While I still like their games, I vowed after DA2 that I wasn't going to pre-order any of their titles again. When they announced that ME3 would require Origin, I vowed that I wouldn't buy the game until it hits the bargain bin. So this news is great. It just reinforces that decision. Like Lukasz, I'll wait for the CE or, failing that, I'll wait for a sale on the game + DLCs.

Actually no all reports point to him being planned but not worked on till the initial feature complete was released to console manufacturers for testing ie it's been worked on for only 3 months compare to Zaeed who really was removed just for "project $10"

If he is anything like Zaeed or Kasumi then he'll have an interesting loyalty mission and back story but otherwise will be completely irrelevant to the main story.

Remember to keep an eye on the price of EA/BW points then they go on sale the DLC's don't drop in points cost (yes it's confusing) infact if you purchase via the BW site you currently get 25% off on points >.>
Pretty much what I assumed reading the blurb looks like 2 missions and a person

BW points go on sale? :O How did I miss this? Damn, I wish I had known. How much was the largest discount and when did it happen?

70% is the largest I've spotted (they aren't advertised so need to check the page regularly) I got all the ME2 DLC's over christmas for under £15...


actually edited in correction the sales are advertised... on the sims 3 loader -.-

I would say Shale was pretty important in Dragon Age though. Definitely would feel incomplete if I played again without him.