No DLC Maps (Destiny)

by RC , UK, Monday, March 23, 2015, 12:18 (3781 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Since there is a strong network effect to the value of PvP maps (more people have them, the more often you see them, the better skills and connection matches you get) I really think they should be given to everybody that plays. That does mean the business model would need to change, of course.

Correct. I'd have to become expansion focused, not DLC focused. (Dark Below was called an expansion, but it was not one in any way shape or form).

Blizzard did fine with Starcraft and Brood War when it came to people being able to play the new multiplayer with the new maps and units. That's because BW was a major release, that dumped big chunks of content onto everybody in one swoop.

It's the plainly superior method over small periodic DLC.

If you insist of frequent chunks of DLC, then the only way is to make sure everybody has it, and that pretty much means a subscription model where you pay per month and get all the content free.

That's not the only way, though.

Halo 3/Reach had Bungie Pro with the expanded fileshare and rendering service that they obviously derived some revenue from. That would no longer work today with the features of the new consoles, but there must be something they can offer to satisfy the accountants and get the PvP maps in everybody's hands.

Warframe does it :P