Does anyone really buy DLC for DOA5?

[Cry4dawn]

Does anyone really own all 4 season passes if you play on PS4 or Xbox one? Does anyone on steam spend $60.00 or more on DLC packs for clothing?

I think I have purchased 1 outfit that was really nice for $2.00..

But beyond that is Tecmo really making any money making this crap? I am happy to see new items coming out for a game, but at what point do you say ENOUGH is ENOUGH and release a complete game on consoles and stop making new content?

The same thing is happening with DOA Xtreme 3 volleyball and half of the people who bought the game are in the U.S. and cant even use or buy the DLC because it does not transfer to the U.S. PS network. Seems like a really bad business plan..

People generally want the entire game at one point, but spending $1000.00 on a game to get clothing doesn't seem like it happens.

Your thoughts?

[Ponton]

Tecmo is really making money on "this crap". Otherwise, they wouldn't continue the process. I don't believe they are making like Activision or EA levels of DLC money, but it's enough to warrant continued support of future DLC.

Edit: Also, traditionally speaking, Koei-Tecmo/Team NINJA don't do "GOTY" releases once all DLC has been released for everyone to buy all content on disc at once. They were at least nice enough to provide some DLC packs on the disc for the release of Ultimate and Last Round, but it wasn't all of the DLC at the time, and it was the packs that sold the least on the marketplace that were given away for free on disc.

Oh, and for the sake of clarity, I purchased each of the Season Passes on the PS4.

[lizardmech]

I use to buy many of them, then they lied and took advantage of their customers with the steam version and I haven't bought anything since on any platform.

Between all the different platforms and DoA5 versions I must have spent $600 on DoA5 over the years. They would have lost quite a bit if there are many other people stopped buying things due to frustration with their poor service.

If I play a game for 50+ hours I don't really mind buying DLC as long as it doesn't split multiplayer or cause gameplay balance issues. However if the game has ongoing expensive DLC I expect the game to be maintained properly and any issues to be worked on.

[Schreie]

Well, I have bought DLC here and on other platforms (I mostly avoided the mashup packs and Naotora, so far).

To be honest, all fighting games do this, from Skull Girls to Street Fighter. Since SFII you had several iterations of every fighting game to keep the players interested and the franchises alive, DLC is new, but it has the same purpose in my opinion.

As fighting games don't sell as much as AAA blockbusters and they don't offer the same amount of playtime for people that gets bored easily of playing the same thing too much time, DLC seems to be the only option for the genre to survive.

For me it works, they keep making content for a game I really enjoy and that gives a reason to keep playing, even if it's only cosmetic content. For some people the DLC is worth their money, for some others it's not... just a matter of preferences in the end, I think.

[Gao Li]

Yeah, I got a couple of DLC too. I don't mind per se, if it's a product you like, if the creators put a lot of hard work into it, and provided you can afford them, why not? It's a nice gesture and signals that you would like the franchise to continue and the developers to do well.

The DLC in this case don't break the community apart, except for the most recent addition of Naotora; But that DLC has an adequate price.

What I only find sad is the lack of optimization on the PC port which has been widely discussed already.

As for DoA Xtreme 3, it is an Asia only release, these things were to be expected. In any case I wouldn't get worked up about them.

[hightime1011]

Yes I brought some DLC for PC! If you like them they are worth it.

[Akiko]

I like them, but they're too expensive. There are some less than moral methods to acquire the content.

I only have the Pre-order DLC.

[Hoya Destroyer]

I bought many costumes back when I played this on my 360. Of course on Xbox Live, you have the choice to buy individual costumes. I wont buy costume packs on PC though. They are too expensive and the sexualized male costumes are things I dont want to see in my game.
For PC, I will happily buy new characters and stages though (if they ever show up).

[Heretic]

I might buy DLC if lobbies and player matches were patched in

[Cry4dawn]

Ok so, for the people who have spent hundreds of dollars on all of the DLC, what will you think when Tecmo is finally done with the DLC and says We are releasing a complete version for PS4, Xbox one, and PC for $40.00.. How will that make you feel? It has to be coming..

[lizardmech]

Originally posted by Cry4dawn:

Ok so, for the people who have spent hundreds of dollars on all of the DLC, what will you think when Tecmo is finally done with the DLC and says We are releasing a complete version for PS4, Xbox one, and PC for $40.00.. How will that make you feel? It has to be coming..

I don't care, it's not an investment, if I buy DLC my only concern is that a reasonable portion of the profits are used to develop and support the game. Which isn't the case in this game, if anything it seems to be the opposite, the more people give them money the worse they treat their customers.

[Ponton]

Originally posted by Cry4dawn:

Ok so, for the people who have spent hundreds of dollars on all of the DLC, what will you think when Tecmo is finally done with the DLC and says We are releasing a complete version for PS4, Xbox one, and PC for $40.00.. How will that make you feel? It has to be coming..

As I stated, KT never does that. Heck, there's DLC you can't get on DOA Dimensions that was only given out for free shortly after the game released.

[divstar]

The DLCs are way overpriced for PC. I would buy them all for 50 Euro (that's more than what I paid for the whole game), but sadly Koei Tecmo is greedy - so no money from me (except for Naotoora and her initial costume pack - which I considered a fair deal for a whole new character as well as some clothes for her).

[Failure incarnate]

643,80€ for all the DLC... that requires a level of "fanitude" I don't have personally.

[Cry4dawn]

I just find it sad I will never own a complete DOA 5 with ALL DLC. Would love to have them, but not at the price they want..

[Forte]

The price is ridiculous I don't even.

Tecmo is a big company, they should have a whole department for monetisation, and they do this, why? The work on those DLC shouldn't be bigger on the game itself (they're just costumes for crying out loud) and yet each of them is more expensive than the game itself?

Mind blown man, mind blown.