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The Game OverThinker Overbytes - A La Carte

2/7/13 10:00pm

With the modern format of videogame distribution shifting to downloads can "a la carte" games be a thing of the future?

Will we be able to buy JUST the single player for Gears of War 4? or maybe just the multi player of CoD?

 

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g1 DISCUSSIONS

marcopol0

February 8, 2013 - 12:43am

It's being done on PSN already. Killzone 3 multiplayer and Starhawk multiplayer can be purchased separate from single player.

solid_snake8403

February 8, 2013 - 5:16am

Thats exactly what I was thinking. While it could implemented in more games where there is a big focus on multiplayer. Sony has already started doing it on the PSN.

Welks

February 8, 2013 - 12:09am

Its a great idea, as well as the ability to only buy multi player option if thats all you buy COD or Battlefeild... that only issue is that if a company does not put thier effort into a good single player campaign, then you still might be paying, for example, a four hour playthough like Kain and Lynch, several Modern warfare games, ect.

Pikachutwo2

February 7, 2013 - 11:40pm

This idea sounds awesome.

neodrakan

February 7, 2013 - 11:32pm

Full retail game-$60

Campaign with Co-Op capabilities-$35-40 Multiplayer $35-40 DLC-$1-15(as is standard pricing already)

I would definitely buy more games this way

Pretty much sounds like Steam to me if we're being honest.And I LOVE Steam,my catalog quadrupled in size since I built a gaming pc back in '06

lordofthepinkie

February 7, 2013 - 11:14pm

................................................................................we should do this

Mattwo

February 7, 2013 - 9:11pm

"Ala carte" kind of reminds me how some free to play MMOs work.

And by some, I mean SOME. I'm not talking about microtransactions, I'm talking about stuff like how City of Heroes' free to play model worked.

Master Graveheart

February 7, 2013 - 5:46pm

That's a really good idea. The best news would be for Call of Duty, which the vast majority of their fans could just buy the Multiplayer mode for $40 leaving the $20 single campaign for whoever wants that. I'd love it because I typically play games solo, so I could save a few bucks from not buying a multiplayer mode that I never use and leave to collect virtual dust.

Meruu

February 6, 2013 - 2:06am

Digital Renals... just... rent the game for a day or so for a fixed price say $7 for three day access every time they rent the same game have it say you can buy the full game and play anytime you want for $55 maybe dropping it $5 every time they rent.. down to say $20 if they rented it the 8 times necessary to drop it from 60 you've gotten $56 out of them already!

ikey1555

February 6, 2013 - 1:16am

in some ways it's already here in the free to play model not that consols are doing much with them if they tweek it a bit it would work

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