Mario Kart 8 DLC

[GalacticPetey]

without a doubt it's a terrific business strategy. but i don't get why everyone's worshiping the ground nintendo walks on for adding dlc

because they're adding more to a game at an honest price

12 dollars isn't THAT much...you get 16 full blown out triple A tracks, new characters, etc. You do realize it does take time and effort to make these DLC, so they have to have a price for it, in order to pay for it. Ideally, DLC SHOULD be free, but business says otherwise. It's cheaper to make than yet another full blown game, but it still costs a budget to make, that's why they charge some extra for it. It's completely optional too: if you don't buy it, you still get a complete game.

Really I think a reason people laud this is because it's a break from all the ----ty DLC practices other companies have been regurgitating out.

the problem is that considering i'm already paying $60 for a game - and I know a lot of other countries pay a LOT more than that - i should be getting a complete game with all of the features already included in it. when you add paid dlc, you're essentially preventing people from getting the full experience of a game unless they pay extra money for it. and while i appreciate the hard work that people put into it, that's part of the process of making a game, and i've already paid for that hard work.

You're getting sixteen new tracks, six characters, and several kart bodies. That's like the equivalent of Mario Kart 64.

How are those two together?

Okay, then it's even more than Mario Kart 64, which had 16 tracks and eight characters. Your essentially paying 12 dollars for an extra Mario Kart game.

 

[Lakituthequick]

Plus it looks gorgeous. Especially if compared to MK64.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Enough with the Marios already, why not another Luigi? No I don't mean a powerup I mean Mr. L.

Naturally 100% Agree

Yes, Fire Mario is a palette swap, so I don't get why Tanooki Mario shouldn't be. Especially if he's not any different stat wise. 12 bucks for another 16 courses and even more racers is a great deal, I don't see why some people are complaining. It's not like it costs as much as NSLU.

 

[Nabber]

without a doubt it's a terrific business strategy. but i don't get why everyone's worshiping the ground nintendo walks on for adding dlc

because they're adding more to a game at an honest price

12 dollars isn't THAT much...you get 16 full blown out triple A tracks, new characters, etc. You do realize it does take time and effort to make these DLC, so they have to have a price for it, in order to pay for it. Ideally, DLC SHOULD be free, but business says otherwise. It's cheaper to make than yet another full blown game, but it still costs a budget to make, that's why they charge some extra for it. It's completely optional too: if you don't buy it, you still get a complete game.

Really I think a reason people laud this is because it's a break from all the ----ty DLC practices other companies have been regurgitating out.

the problem is that considering i'm already paying $60 for a game - and I know a lot of other countries pay a LOT more than that - i should be getting a complete game with all of the features already included in it. when you add paid dlc, you're essentially preventing people from getting the full experience of a game unless they pay extra money for it. and while i appreciate the hard work that people put into it, that's part of the process of making a game, and i've already paid for that hard work.

You're getting sixteen new tracks, six characters, and several kart bodies. That's like the equivalent of Mario Kart 64.

mk64, incidentally, cost $40 at launch

mario kart ds doubled the amount of tracks it had (and added a brand new mission mode), and they didn't ask for a raise in price for that. it launched with the game

 

[Stargazing]

without a doubt it's a terrific business strategy. but i don't get why everyone's worshiping the ground nintendo walks on for adding dlc

because they're adding more to a game at an honest price

12 dollars isn't THAT much...you get 16 full blown out triple A tracks, new characters, etc. You do realize it does take time and effort to make these DLC, so they have to have a price for it, in order to pay for it. Ideally, DLC SHOULD be free, but business says otherwise. It's cheaper to make than yet another full blown game, but it still costs a budget to make, that's why they charge some extra for it. It's completely optional too: if you don't buy it, you still get a complete game.

Really I think a reason people laud this is because it's a break from all the ----ty DLC practices other companies have been regurgitating out.

the problem is that considering i'm already paying $60 for a game - and I know a lot of other countries pay a LOT more than that - i should be getting a complete game with all of the features already included in it. when you add paid dlc, you're essentially preventing people from getting the full experience of a game unless they pay extra money for it. and while i appreciate the hard work that people put into it, that's part of the process of making a game, and i've already paid for that hard work.

You're getting sixteen new tracks, six characters, and several kart bodies. That's like the equivalent of Mario Kart 64.

mk64, incidentally, cost $40 at launch

mario kart ds doubled the amount of tracks it had (and added a brand new mission mode), and they didn't ask for a raise in price for that. it launched with the game

Mario Kart DS launched with Mario Kart 64?

... That's new.

 

[Nabber]

i didn't say that

 

[Stargazing]

i didn't say that

sarcasm

I totally get what you're really trying to say, but, I think the DLC is much better because we're getting more tracks, vehicles, and characters than any other game. I'd say $12 compared to $24 separately is an extremely good deal.

 

[TinTinfinite]

i didn't say that

sarcasm

I totally get what you're really trying to say, but, I think the DLC is much better because we're getting more tracks, vehicles, and characters than any other game. I'd say $12 compared to $24 separately is an extremely good deal.

This is like the cheapest deal in terms of DLC, like NSMB2.


There should be more character packs (3 DLC characters each) in February 2015 (between release of pack 1 and 2) and August 2015.

 

[Glitchy Bowser Jr.]

Just got the DLC and I think Black Yoshi is very cool!

 

[YoshiGo99]

There should be more character packs (3 DLC characters each) in February 2015 (between release of pack 1 and 2) and August 2015.

Are you saying Nintendo should lie to us and say that people didn't download Pack 2 but instead bought Pack 5 or 7? But it does seem weird Nintendo has that large gap between the 2 packs.

Also does the map show on the TV screen now or no?