Greg Zeschuk of BioWare has said gamers are some of the ”smartest, most connected” people in the world, ”can’t trick them with anything”.
He says DLC strategy has to be ”fully thought out”, with planned content for Dragon Age likely to make the world ”even bigger”. BioWare devs are thinking how and when right now.
”We have a very strong philosophy - it’s got to be valuable,” says Zeschuk on DLC, speaking with MTV Multiplayer.
”You have to remember that video game consumers are some of the smartest, most connected people on the planet. You can’t trick them with anything, so don’t even try.”
”I don’t think it’s so much as to trick them, as it is the strategy behind it has to be fully thought out,” continued the BioWare boss. ”This is the reason that with “Dragon Age,” our DLC strategy is doing it in maybe a year and-a-half or two years, planning exactly when you’re going to do it and how you’re going to do it.”
”Some of our fans would really like us to extend the world, so it’s going to be something that will make the world even bigger and more interesting. It’s not going to wreck it or break it.”
”The key is to make players feel like they’re getting good value, and if you have to pay something extra for it, they should feel like they’re getting something that really enhances the experience.” Horse armour anyone? No? Okay.
Dragon Age: Origins is being released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC later this year.
