2K: Why is the DLC 24kb only?

[doomed]

Are you charging for content that was already on the disc of the game we bought? And you're unlocking it now for those that pay extra money?

edit Gaming websites that are already reporting this:

http://www.computerandvideogames.com....php?id=238826
http://www.destructoid.com/rumor-bio...c-166679.phtml
http://www.oxm.co.uk/article.php?id=18089
http://www.videogamer.com/news/first..._the_disc.html
http://www.maxconsole.net/content.ph...lready-on-disc
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/...eady-on-disc/1
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/bi...lready-article
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/37988/2K-s...k-DLC-backlash
http://www.gamedot.co.uk/2010/03/12/...y-on-the-disk/
http://www.xboxic.com/news/5743
http://brutalgamer.com/2010/03/12/bi...y-on-the-disc/
http://thegamingliberty.com/index.ph...ready-on-disc/
http://www.vg247.com/2010/03/12/it-l...y-on-the-disc/
http://www.el33tonline.com/past/2010...ew_bioshock_2/
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62780
http://www.console-spot.com/2010/03/...ready-on-disc/
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/games...-install-discs
http://kotaku.com/5492303/bioshock-2...s-all-together
http://www.n4g.com/gaming/News-490881.aspx
http://www.gofanboy.com/go-fanboy-ne...ady-be-on-disc
http://www.qj.net/qjnet/news/2k-game...all-along.html
http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...y-on-disc.aspx
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3178326
http://playstationlifestyle.net/2010...ready-on-disc/
http://www.fragland.net/news/2K-Conf...he-disc/22715/
http://www.examiner.com/x-31345-Vide...e-disk-content
http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/...-ps3-xbox-360/
http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/03/15...oshock-2-disc/
http://www.destructoid.com/2k-confir...t-167007.phtml
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2k...-2-on-disc-dlc
http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...ayer-base.aspx
http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/0...lready-On-Disc
http://www.consolemonster.com/newspo...?id=0000006691

Awesome work guys! Let's make it clear that we are very dissatisfied with 2K's so called "DLC" model.

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Moderator Note:
Too make it easier to find I am adding 2K Elizabeth's response in this first post of the thread. Nothing else in this post has been edited.

http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/sho...619#post731619

[Vonderbach]

Originally Posted by doomed

Are you charging for content that was already there on the disc and you're letting us unlock it now by paying extra money?

We need confirmation for this. If this is true, I will retract my prior support for 2K.

[doomed]

Screenshot from MarketPlace:

http://i44.tinypic.com/9vi98j.jpg

[Vonderbach]

I hereby retract my prior rabid support for 2K and their DLC model. I was suckered into believing that this was actually going to contain some legitimate content that was not in existence prior to the release. I suppose my capitalist mindset has fooled me into thinking that companies would not actually charge for an empty box.

Shame on you 2K.

[zerospaceA4]

On Xbox it is around 100 Kb. Of course it was already on the disc. It shouldn't be called downloadable content but unlockable content.

At least they could make the file bigger even if the information was already on the disc. People think that their investment in the DLC was more worth it if the file is big. At least I do.

[doomed]

To be fair we should wait for their response. But personally I can't imagine how they could compress the new content in a 24kb archive.

Hell my above jpeg screenshot is 100kb!

[Vonderbach]

Someone from the PC world should check to see what the file size is for the character models. If those are separate files?

[Ubertino]

You guys seem to mistake 2K for some sort of UNICEF/Mother Theresa organization. Their sole purpose is to make money. Money that is. Your entertainment or satisfaction is just a necessary side effect.

[Wraith]

Hahaha. Not only did they sell already existing content for another fee, but they did that even before releasing the "big patch" to fix the original game. Wow, 2K, you're lame.

[Ubertino]

Originally Posted by Vonderbach

Selling a product for profit is one thing. Selling a key to unlock a product that you already purchased is not a capitalist endeavor. Nobody is asking for anything for free jackass.

Thanks for the insult ! My point was that a company will try to increase profits and reduce cost. If they start developing DLC now it my take longer and it keeps a part of the team occupied instead of working on other projects. So they just resell you parts of the game you already own.