darkside

Some people buy games like Carbon or Tiger just to play casually. They don't have the time or interest to sit and unlock everything. Sad that EA sees those people as ripe for fleecing. This is not adding value to a game and there is a reason they gave out codes for 10 years. The developers want to make sure that users get to see more of the stuff hidden away in the game.

By hiding that stuff away and keeping people from accessing it by charging them an extra $50 they are just going to guarantee that most of these casual people have a mediocre experience and skip the next Need for Speed that comes out. Either that or they will spend so much on the game that they won't want to upgrade to next years version since they spent so much on the current one.

Basically, I see this greed having a two fold effect of lower sales for EA in the future. Add in people like me completely boycotting EA because of it and I think in the long run this crap may catch up to them.

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KurrptSenate

i can't believe they have a comic for that already. I'd say if it pisses enough people off, it might change, but I still see those idiots buying crap that is trivial, which perpetuates it even more

PixyJunket

at a Penny Arcade? What's going on here?!

They should rename the Xbox 360 to Xbox 5&10.

Jeremy517

If a crash were to occur, it probably wouldn't be due to people stopping playing video games, but rather the casual gamer deciding that their current system + 20 games is good enough for them.

Michael Corvin

Double take for me as well. I've NEVER once found any Penny Arcade strip remotely funny, but damn that one above is great(still not terribly funny, but still good).

PixyJunket

I'm not a total hater.. this one is a personal favorite:



And the first two panels here hit a special, soft spot for me:

darkside

Holy crap. The Comp USA one is so true its scary.

s}{ammer

Damnit, I startup the superman demo and the first thing I see is an EA logo.

Supermallet

Yeah, when you buy Superman Returns, the character model provided only has a blank blue and red suit. You have to buy the S insignia and the cape from the marketplace for $5 each.

s}{ammer

Don't forget that he is only Mr. Kent, you must buy his powers for $5-10 each, and don't get me started on flying....

Edit:
The demo was fun but way too easy. For some reason it reminded me a lot of GTA only in tights.... Anyway, I'll rent this one, mabey....

Obey The D

Sad......but true

Michael Corvin

Well played.

PalmerJoss

I actually enjoyed the Superman demo. My only problem is that EA is the publisher, so I have to wonder what the final product will look like, and how they plan on ripping off the consumer this time. If I do buy the game, I will buy it used.