Boycott creative assembly/Sega/Feral Interactive

[Baby Stalin]

They have effectively killed the total war franchise. Every release in the series, they are chopping up the base game more and moreand re-selling smaller and smaller parts for higher and higher prices. The base game increasingly less finished upon release. They couldn't even be bothered to develop a proper main campaign after the tutorial. I urge folks to not buy Pharaohs or any more DLC. They are in many cases just re-skinning the same game and skimming as much as they came from consumers. By buying the DLC, we are letting them get away with it.

[Filthy Pollo 🐔]

No, the toxic community is trying to kill the total war franchise.

[Zeek]

I'd say it's too late.

The game and DLC have been top Steam sellers all month and will likely get a big bump upon release day.

[Darklordnj]

Publicado originalmente por Zeek:

I'd say it's too late.

The game and DLC have been top Steam sellers all month and will likely get a big bump upon release day.

While I certainly hope it does, that might be a bit ambitious.

[Zeek]

Publicado originalmente por Darklordnj:

Publicado originalmente por Zeek:

I'd say it's too late.

The game and DLC have been top Steam sellers all month and will likely get a big bump upon release day.

While I certainly hope it does, that might be a bit ambitious.

It happened with past DLCs. I'm sure there's a good bit of people waiting till it officially release before buying.

[Mazisky]

Publicado originalmente por Darklordnj:

Publicado originalmente por Zeek:

I'd say it's too late.

The game and DLC have been top Steam sellers all month and will likely get a big bump upon release day.

While I certainly hope it does, that might be a bit ambitious.

I don think it is ambitious.


My prediction is that Wh3 Dlc will be top3 best sellers and also 6th on the Rock Paper Shotgun fanmade list of best Dlcs of all times.

[Zeek]

Publicado originalmente por Mazisky:

Publicado originalmente por Darklordnj:

While I certainly hope it does, that might be a bit ambitious.

I don think it is ambitious.


My prediction is that Wh3 Dlc will be top3 best sellers and also 6th on the Rock Paper Shotgun fanmade list of best Dlcs of all times.

RPS reader polls have nothing on the extremely credible user reviews over at Metacritic. Especially with a whopping 341 total reviews split about evenly down the middle between 9/10 and 0/1!

[Baby Stalin]

Publicado originalmente por Filthy Pollo:

No, the toxic community is trying to kill the total war franchise.

There has been a lot of brand loyalty developed because the series has had solid games and solid expansions. The corporations behind the game are recognising the value of the brand and are now trying to cash in majorly at the expense of the community following that has been developed. We had games with decent prices and with decent quality, now they are like, lets lower the quality, quantity and increase the prices. They are looking at next quarter's shareholder's reports, they could give a ♥♥♥♥ about consumers as long as the revenue streams are coming in. Consumers have limited power, they have alongside developers made the series for what it is today, but the continued brand loyalty is no longer deserved. Consumers need to use what tools they have to lower the brand's value, which will force the publishers to work at increasing it, by either increasing quality or lowering prices.

[Filthy Pollo 🐔]

Publicado originalmente por Baby Don't Hurt Me:

Publicado originalmente por Filthy Pollo:

No, the toxic community is trying to kill the total war franchise.

There has been a lot of brand loyalty developed because the series has had solid games and solid expansions. The corporations behind the game are recognising the value of the brand and are now trying to cash in majorly at the expense of the community following that has been developed. We had games with decent prices and with decent quality, now they are like, lets lower the quality, quantity and increase the prices. They are looking at next quarter's shareholder's reports, they could give a ♥♥♥♥ about consumers as long as the revenue streams are coming in. Consumers have limited power, they have alongside developers made the series for what it is today, but the continued brand loyalty is no longer deserved. Consumers need to use what tools they have to lower the brand's value, which will force the publishers to work at increasing it, by either increasing quality or lowering prices.

And I don't care about people crying and demanding that this DLC be made cheaper.

[Baby Stalin]

Publicado originalmente por Filthy Pollo:

Publicado originalmente por Baby Don't Hurt Me:

There has been a lot of brand loyalty developed because the series has had solid games and solid expansions. The corporations behind the game are recognising the value of the brand and are now trying to cash in majorly at the expense of the community following that has been developed. We had games with decent prices and with decent quality, now they are like, lets lower the quality, quantity and increase the prices. They are looking at next quarter's shareholder's reports, they could give a ♥♥♥♥ about consumers as long as the revenue streams are coming in. Consumers have limited power, they have alongside developers made the series for what it is today, but the continued brand loyalty is no longer deserved. Consumers need to use what tools they have to lower the brand's value, which will force the publishers to work at increasing it, by either increasing quality or lowering prices.

And I don't care about people crying and demanding that this DLC be made cheaper.

The issues won't be solved by cheaper DLC, the issue is the game is cut up into tiny bits. Its like going into Subway they advertise that their new sub is coming out. But unlike older versions of the sub where you paid $10 and got the whole sandwich. This sub's now montenize like Sega, they charge you $10 for a sub, but instead of getting a full sandwich, you only get the bread for that price, then there is a meat DLC, a lettuce DLC, a tomato DLC, a Sauce DLC, a cheese DLC. And without the meat and veggies the sub isn't that good, and while the lettuce would improve the sub, its not worth the $3 add-on. Especially when the Tomato DLC only cost $1.5. And the Cheese DLC is moldy. And salt and Pepper really should have just been an option from the start not a 1 dollar upsell.

So instead of going in thinking you're getting a $10 sub, you end up spending $30 for it. When last time around it was $10 and you didn't have to feel like you're missing out on anything.

Oh, and also the bread is also not ready for when you receive it. It needs to be cooked a bit longer.

[Msyltek]

If there is anything I've learned from the laughable leddit communities and steam is they are incapable of boycotts good luck lmao
Everything will go out the window the second CA does a sale and the spineless wabbitors mark it down as a victory and buy it anyways.

[Mr Chow]

They have said no better.

[Filthy Pollo 🐔]

Publicado originalmente por Baby Don't Hurt Me:

The issues won't be solved by cheaper DLC, the issue is the game is cut up into tiny bits. Its like going into Subway they advertise that their new sub is coming out. But unlike older versions of the sub where you paid $10 and got the whole sandwich. This sub's now montenize like Sega, they charge you $10 for a sub, but instead of getting a full sandwich, you only get the bread for that price, then there is a meat DLC, a lettuce DLC, a tomato DLC, a Sauce DLC, a cheese DLC. And without the meat and veggies the sub isn't that good, and while the lettuce would improve the sub, its not worth the $3 add-on. Especially when the Tomato DLC only cost $1.5. And the Cheese DLC is moldy. And salt and Pepper really should have just been an option from the start not a 1 dollar upsell.

So instead of going in thinking you're getting a $10 sub, you end up spending $30 for it. When last time around it was $10 and you didn't have to feel like you're missing out on anything.

Oh, and also the bread is also not ready for when you receive it. It needs to be cooked a bit longer.

Comparing a meal to a video game as a product that offers thousands of hours of replay... zzzzz