Dev response to Ichiban's Holiday DLC feedback

[Cobra]

Hello everyone.

I'm Jaeho, director of Dave the Diver. I have left this message on our official Discord server, and I also wanted to let everyone know here as well that we have seen your recent feedback.

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and concerns about the DLC. We wanted to take a moment to address some of the points currently being discussed.

First, regarding the pricing, we had set it after careful consideration of various costs. However, we sincerely apologize if it felt high for the amount of content provided. We’ve taken your feedback to heart and will keep it in mind for future releases.

As for the limited-time availability: in some cases, larger IP partners request their content to be listed for a limited time to help protect the value of their IP. We followed that approach, but through experiences with recent DLCs, we’ve come to understand that this approach may not align with what players prefer.

As a result, we’ve decided to move away from time-limited releases for future content.
Unless tied to a temporary seasonal event, future playable content will remain available for purchase and/or download at any time.

Our goal with this DLC was to deliver fun content, but we recognize that we lacked understanding in how some decisions would be received. We’ll continue working to improve both accessibility and quality in everything we create.

Thank you again for your understanding and support. We will always do our best to listen to the community and reciprocate the love that we have received.

[Beravin]

I'm very glad to hear that you'll be moving away from time limited releases in the future.

[ShadowStepCat]

Good answer to a questionable decision. Thanks for the response.

[MaximumEfficiency]

Thanks for deciding to move away from these time-limited DLCs. I really enjoy this game, and seeing it use these kinds of predatory tactics was off-putting to say the least.

[Rikzo]

Thank god.

You have a gem with dave the diver and this would throw that all away for future content

[Rana]

A better solution would be replacing the copyright character with your own character so the content remains the same. Removing it outright is such a waste.

[Bocch1]

Good decision

[SORA]

It's a wise decision and should be recognized, but gamers who have already purchased the DLC should also be compensated. You should improve this DLC and add more content to it.

[Dr Strangelove]

Still not buying it as you haven't changed the price.

[Shoki]

I don't mind paying for DLC but it gotta be way longer than what you put out. That said thank you for communicating with the community! Glad you were able to live out your Yakuza dream collab Kyoudai!

[LuminousNoises]

Is there any possibility or chance for Godzilla and Ichiban DLC to be available again (even limited) in the future?

It's not fair to future purchasers to not have access/opportunity just because they didn't own the game then.

Why should pirates have access to a more complete product than legitimate owners of the game?

Doesn't take common sense to have known that limited licensed DLC was "maybe" a bad idea. It's burned a lot of goodwill from the community this game has garnered.

Nexon should have sought better licensing deals (see Vampire Survivors) or pushed for original content.

Wouldn't it have been better to be able to sell DLC for years to come?

Need to push Nexon to do something about this versus just apologizing. At very least try to get them to make the DLC available every now and then.

This is a singleplayer game. A great one. Shouldn't had been treated like a free-to-play Live Service game with FOMO DLC.

[wilky]

Thanks for the post, and thanks for the game. I have gotten so many hours of enjoyment out of DAVE including the DLC/updates; you still have my support.

[Apoli]

It doesn't change my opinion on what happened.
But ok, thanks.

[Hades]

Try making a DLC story about the Mariana Trench or the Bermuda Triangle, it would be really exciting!

[SmogBruh]

As a result, we’ve decided to move away from time-limited releases for future content.

No, this is just the last piece of content you have for the game and want to save face for whatever the next game is

[Spiked Wall Man]

Originally posted by Cobra:

As for the limited-time availability: in some cases, larger IP partners request their content to be listed for a limited time to help protect the value of their IP.

I'm sorry, but this is a completely ridiculous claim.

There is literally nobody who would cancel their plans to buy a Yakuza game solely because they can instead buy the little Yakuza DLC for Dave the Diver. Literally. Nobody. Same with Godzilla - no potential Godzilla movie customer is going to skip watching a movie because they can play the Godzilla DLC in a completely unrelated game. So I don't see where the value of any IPs are being harmed by your DLC. Maybe that's the excuse that the IP holders gave you, but I'm not believing it for a nanosecond.

What that said, I am happy to see you're moving away from time-limited DLCs. It's a bad concept. The price is still far too steep though. If you're lucky, I'll buy it if you manage to discount it enough before you take the DLC down.