Super Stardust Delta’s Day One DLC
Pay again for the rest of the game?
Published: 14:44, 13/02/2012 by Peter [Colossalblue].
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We heard this morning that Super Stardust Delta, the Vita version of one of the PSN’s best twin stick shooter would be cheap. What we didn’t know was that it would launch with day one DLC that includes four game modes. So it’s cheap but a much lesser game than we had been assuming.
The DLC, entitled “The Blast Pack” includes Endless, Bomber, Impact and Twin Gun modes and will be priced at $8 in the US so we assume around £5 in the UK. It will also be available with the other half of the game as a bundle entitled the “Interstellar Pack”. That’s priced at $14.99 so we would assume it’ll be a touch over £10 in the UK.
Seems a little bit sneaky to us, and certainly dampens the good news about download pricing we heard this morning. What do you guys think?
Source: US PS Blog
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13/02/2012 at 14:45
Member since: May 2009
I have a bad feeling loads these “cheap” games will adopt this tactic.
13/02/2012 at 14:45
Member since: Jul 2009
I suppose it’s still a cheap game, if it gives me as much joy as the PS3/PSP ones did then it’ll be worth that much to me.
13/02/2012 at 14:48
Member since: Jan 2012
You can get it with the DLC for £10ish in dollars, so it’s not that bad, it’s all down to how much content there is. IGN gave the game 9.5/10 without DLC.
13/02/2012 at 14:48
Member since: Apr 2009
So the same as the PS3 version then?
Although that DLC didn’t come out Day 1, we’re only getting the equal of the PS3 version sans DLC when getting the Vita version sans DLC?
I might pick this game up down the line, but not now. Not because of the DLC, but SSHD never really got much playtime from me, and to be frank, the other games in the launch line-up just seem better,
14/02/2012 at 12:48
Member since: Forever
That’s what I was thinking. Some people might be perfectly happy with the base game and prefer not to fork out for extra modes that they won’t play.
13/02/2012 at 14:49
Member since: Aug 2008
*Sigh* This is why I gave the Vita a miss. I can see all upcoming consoles opting for this shitty tactic.
13/02/2012 at 21:43
Member since: Jan 2010
And so say all of me.
Was actually beginning to come around to the Vita due to several of the games looking to be up my street. This though has put me right off, can’t be arsed at all with this type of thing and if (as I suspect you are) you’re right about this being the model favoured increasingly with upcoming consoles, I’ll fall out of love with gaming pretty darned quickly.
13/02/2012 at 14:50
Member since: Forever
I think the only really dodgy issue is that US buyers didn’t know about this beforehand, so I’d imagine a few bought it when the PSN Store went live last week and now they’ll need to buy the DLC too rather than the pack.
13/02/2012 at 15:03
Member since: Jan 2012
Agreed, i’d be fairly annoyed had I d/l’d it.
13/02/2012 at 14:53
Member since: Jan 2012
When will the TSA review for this be up?
13/02/2012 at 15:18
Member since: Feb 2009
i miss the days when you could buy whole games.
13/02/2012 at 15:50
Member since: May 2011
People are moaning that an add on pack is extra? Sorry but few minutes ago people were amazed that the game could be nearer a £5. That’s with additional modes as well as the main mode.
For what your getting, complaining seems a childish to me. It’s still a good package.
13/02/2012 at 17:48
Member since: Sep 2010
I like to be childish. This blows goats, day one DLC is underhand.
13/02/2012 at 18:21
Member since: May 2011
Why is it underhand? What makes the difference with day one or day 79?
13/02/2012 at 21:49
Member since: Jan 2010
For me at least, the difference is that this content was ready in time for the titles launch, but rather than include it in the full release, it is deliberately witheld in order to gouge more money out of the consumer. I’m with bert on this. That’s all I’ll say on it though as this is a well trodden arguement on both sides and I’m not getting into it again. That’s not meant dismissively or agressively and I respect your opinion and right to disagree mate :)
14/02/2012 at 08:55
Member since: May 2011
But would you have paid £10 for the game? It’s worth that much in my eyes.
I don’t think a mega low point to get people interested is a bad thing. For those if us wanting the full experience we can and for a good price overall.
14/02/2012 at 09:10
Member since: Jan 2010
The price wasn’t really the issue, but given that I didn’t know it’d been out a while in Japan already – sans this content, that changes things a bit, so I’m happy to cede to your logic there bro
The PS3 version must have worked out at around 20p an hour for me given its price and my play time. So yeah, I’ll give them that in this case :)
13/02/2012 at 18:12
Member since: Oct 2009
Don’t forget that this game have been in Japan for a while so they have had loads of time making this DLC after the game was finished.