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This is a normal post My take on DLC:
If you don't like it then don't buy the game until it's heavily discounted. If you feel like the publishers are ripping you off, then don't reward them with your hard earned pocket money.
Besides, there are loads of free or cheap indie titles and probably just as many AAA games you missed when they came out. It would be weird if there wasn't something else that could entertain you until the price is more to your liking.
 (Haz, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 12:37, Reply)
This is a normal post Indeed, get a PC and a steam account.
Trine is currently £1.40 and a good fun game.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 12:41, Reply)
This is a normal post plus about a grand
to buy the PC that modern stuff will work on. My PC's about six years old, and wouldn't run anything even remotely new.
 (dieselmonkey, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 12:56, Reply)
This is a normal post You just need to upgrade the graphics card
For the price of a console you can get yourself a good one that will out perform any console.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 13:00, Reply)
This is a normal post True,
but only for six months or so. I like the fact my console doesn't need upgrading at all over it's lifespan, which has been about 4 years now.

Mind you, I'm not a powergamer, i only play for an hour or so a week, tops, so forking out for a new graphics card every so often is pointless to me.
 (dieselmonkey, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 13:05, Reply)
This is a normal post It doesn't have to be that often.
Last winter I got a graphics card that, at the time, was a bit over midrange, and it still makes things look all pretty without the framerate dropping horribly or catching on fire. The rest of my computer is somewhere midrange since everything is about 4 years old but it is still able to play Deus Ex: Human Revolution(thank god for steam sales) on the higher settings.
 (Haz, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 13:12, Reply)
This is a normal post ^This.
Most games will run decent framerates with lower graphics settings. And it's far easier to play FPS with mouse and keyboard than with a pad.
 (I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 13:20, Reply)
This is a normal post Indeed
If you look at the benchmarks for current cards the top one's go into the 100+ FPS
On a 60hz monitor this is overkill.

Saying that I love how my Gtx580 goes through games without a care.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:07, Reply)
This is a normal post I used to completely agree about mouse and keyboard
but I am now a convert, it just takes a few days getting used to
 (Ol' Ginger Bastard a role model for the children, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 17:51, Reply)
This is a normal post Nah
I built a midrange pc at xmas with a triple core amd processor and a 6770 video card for just over £200. It runs pretty much everything including Witcher 2, Civ 5, ME3 and Skyrim without really breaking a sweat.
 (I helped save b3ta! slartifartfast When all around are losing their heads, duck., Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:33, Reply)
This is a normal post I bet if you were to buy tha setup pre-built it would cost a lot more than £200.
And you wouldn't have the satisfaction of putting one together.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:37, Reply)
This is a normal post ^--This--^
I resisted buying Skyrim until now because I refuse to spend more than £20 - £25 on games. If there's DLC available in future for it I won't buy it until it's heavily discounted.

I also resisted buying GT5 for about a year and a half for the same reason.

As for stupid things like buying avatars, wallpapers and superfluous in game crap, why anyone would buy those things is beyond me.
 (Megamoss, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 12:44, Reply)
This is a normal post I usually wait for prices to drop, except for the 'most wanted games'
But I have to say Skyrim was way worth the RRP. The number of hours enjoyment I've had (and am still having) is unreal... Considering the cinema is £13 in London these days, the £30 I paid for it was a bargain!
 (I helped save b3ta! Fishcat Difficult difficult lemon difficult., Fri 30 Mar 2012, 13:13, Reply)
This is a normal post It's not so much that I don't want to pay
and more about me being a student and slightly broke at all times(not that I'm unable to eat). So for me it's about balancing a budget figuring out what is best at making me experience a fantastic universe in which I can have awesome adventures. Games or tequila, and games are less sad on weekdays :) On top of that, as much as I love my games I am in fact able to live without the newest toys, also the very second they are let loose on the world.
 (Haz, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 13:19, Reply)
This is a normal post There is 4 tpyes of DLC in my opinion
1) Indy DLC. A free game with DLC to unlcok the full game. Great.
2) Extra Content DLC. Like the Red Dead Redemption Zombie pack. A hwhole new game based off the current game. Great.
3) Whimsical DLC. DLC that gives you costumes/wallpapers. Money waster
4) Integral DLC. Unlocks on disk content for the game, extra weapons and the like. COmplete rip off forcing people to pay twice as much for a game just so they can play all the content on the disk they;ve already paid for.
 (I helped save b3ta! Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:51, Reply)