In addition to this laclustre attitude twards console games it appears we are now slowly but surely being exposed to stealth charges in one way or another.
This i think is the philosophy behind home, sure it was free, how could antbody have missed it, but is it really free? what exactly do you get for nothing. not a great deal from my limited experience, just the basic package to get the youngsters interested and then whamo, you want new gear for your avatar, new furniture for your clubnouse 'oooh, itll cost yer mate'
as already mentioned, RFOM shipped with multiple gamemodes, (fully customisable) and a healthy number of maps to keep folk going for months n months. I beleive R2 has limited gamemodes and would be interested to hear how many maps shipped with the title at launch.
Killzone 2 will ship with a whopping 3 gamemodes, i expect more to be available for download on the PSN but at what price.

Im all for extra content but thats exactly what it should be 'extra' games should ship with enough maps and gamemodes to keep all but the most hardcore fans happy and interested for a long time and the fact that we are now able to download extras to console should not be seen as a reason for publishers to release games with limited content so they can charge extra for people to complete the package at a later date.
it just feels a little like we are being held to ransome a little. the only games of any note which seem to run flawlessley are sony exclusives and it is these titles which seem most guilty of my accusations.
time will tell i suppose but when i purchase a game i do rather expect not to have to pay more just to get what i feel should have been included from the beggining.

I can say this.

I prefer Playstation Network.

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yeah home fking sucks. You would think some things that didn't suck would be free. It all freaking cost cash. total BS

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On the money part.

You have to spend money to get certain clothing and furniture but there is nothing really wrong with that.

I used to spend alot of money in Second Life.

Now the biggest problem I have with home is the fact we cannot change the color of the clothing.

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Referring to COD4 or other games as well? I only have a limited amount of PS3 games but already with say LBP, found how much you have to purchase

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playstation home is a great example. also games such as brothers in arms, far cry. Killzone 2 sounds like it will be a new contender.

Post edited at 3:35 pm on Dec. 15, 2008 by Daveh

The fact is, additional content for console games is all developed by those that made the games - ie, wages were paid, resources were powered, etc... they can't release that for nothing. There's no indy modification scene for console games, so there's no free extras.

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When they leave me, they're all smiles.
When they leave you, they're in tears.

extreme in-game advertising(like in Home) or paying for it. Third party developers are really the worst when it comes to this.