On Disc DLC - A fast(food) example

[owsf2000]

Against my better judgement, I was reading Kotaku comments today.

Yes, I know.

The comments of course were under the article about the whole finding of entire levels (unpopulated of course, except for 3 ghost objects you can apparently pick up) on the disc of Destiny. And the whole DLC shitstorm started again.

My bitching won't be about that in particular, I'm sure I've already bitched about it before and will do so again at a later date. I'm already formulating a way to describe all the DLC methods used with games I end up reviewing in the future. :P It's taking a long time to compile.

Anyway, one commenter made this very stupid remark. "Here's a shocker for people who hate On-Disc DLC: When you go to McDonalds and you buy french fries, there's actually a whole cooker full of fries that they AREN'T giving you. it's RIGHT THERE and they are deliberately not giving all of it to you."

I mean.... what? This isn't just off the mark, it's completely irrelevant to the situation. That cooker full of fries behind them are extra copies of the game that other people will be buying. Unless of course you actually ordered a cooker's worth of fries.

So instead, I'll give you the real comparison. Let's say you order a Big Mac. Inside a small plastic box you receive a 3-piece bun with 2 burger patties. Next to that, you are also given a locked glass jar that contains a few pickles, some lettuce, a cheese slice, and a small cup of sauce. You are not given a key to this jar. But you may purchase one for a few extra dollars. Have a nice day.

Comments

[kane-magus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that addlepate's asinine analogy would be akin to going to GameStop and buying a game (regardless of whether or not said game itself had on-disc DLC) and then getting super buttmad because they don't just give you the other games behind the glass as well. They're RIGHT THERE after all and they're deliberately not giving all of them to you, so what the hell, right? You should be pissed about that, right? No, of course not, because that's not what on-disc DLC even means. Your comparison is obviously a much better and more accurate one. Did you post this in response to the asshat on Kotaku? I'd have been tempted to, but then that would have required posting on Kotaku, which isn't something I'll ever do, no matter what.

But anyway, yeah, the mere fact that people like that even exist (whether or not he was genuinely a clueless idiot fanboy or just a paid shill for that game's DLC) is exactly what is wrong with this fucking industry lately (and by "lately" I of course mean the past decade or more).