Paying to Update a Video Game: Have We Gone Crazy?

Has anyone mentioned the elephant in the room?

The fact is that a few days ago a Japanese programmer appeared and upset the world a little more by putting an idea on the table that will safely not please the players. As is the case to start charging for the updates that a video game receives. And we are not referring to season passes, DLC or downloadable content, but to the proper updates which correct errors, etc.

Indeed, from what you have read, you have surely thought the same thing as us. WhatThat we have to pay to have the mistakes that the study itself made corrected of development and this game has become an unfinished product that we paid for in advance so that it would already work correctly? Well yes, that’s what Hidetaka Suehiro, responsible for titles like deadly premonition

oh D4 Dark Dreams Don’t Diand, among others.

Specifically, the Japanese came to say in a message on Twitter that “Please tell me why developers who work overtime every day to create video games we should offer free updates? Everyone pays $10 for a cup of coffee at Starbucks…is the world going crazy?

Hidetaka SWERY SueHERO

@Swery65

Please tell me why we creators, who work overtime every day to create video games, should update our games for free.
You all pay $10 for a cup of coffee at Starbucks….
Is the world going crazy????

#TheGoodLife #DLC https://t.co/J8I0L9NxHI

February 22, 2023 • 11:49 a.m.

Would you pay to update your games?

As we tell you, what Suehiro is talking about is ask to pay for the work of an update

, but here it is obvious that distinctions should be made. Is this an update for a video game that fixes bugs that shouldn’t be there, or are these features that are specific requests from the community who want to add a few things? If we move to the first assumption, obviously it doesn’t seem reasonable to charge us extra for a job that should be perfect from day one, although if we go to the second then the same has some reason to complain bitterly.

Either way, the fact that someone in the industry is coming up with this idea may be a sign that Many other studies talk about the same thing.

and when rumor turns into a current of opinion, it’s time to start shaking. Today, it doesn’t seem like anyone in their right mind would opt for something like that, but all it takes is a major franchise -among those that generate hundreds of millions in profits each year- to take a step in this direction to than the rest to go behind.

For now It’s just an idea and I got a response from a user, specifically, referring to a post by Suehiro himself: “It’s reasonable to update the game after releasing it if it’s not finished. deadly premonition it needed an update after its PC release to be able to play on recent hardware. People will just stop buying if the game becomes unplayable due to major changes.” That.

Would you like to pay for an upgrade?