LP2 cuts to be DLC
We might be looking this in totally the wrong way, but given the checkered history of the way games publishers and developers treat gamers in regards to DLC and the content they can offer, you can probably see why we might be jumping to conclusions.
In a recent interview, Lost Planet 2 producer Jun Takeuchi admitted that a lot of content had to be cut from the Xbox 360 version of the game due to limitations with the disk space on offer. The PS3 games run on Blu-Ray disk which can hold a lot more data than the rival console Xbox 360 DVD disk.
“There wasn’t especially any big trouble. More than those kind of difficulties, the edited content was way too much and dealing with that was more difficult than anything. This time, truly, the content that was cut was significant, and at the end, we had to wrestle with disc space.”
When asked what could happen with the cut parts of the game, Takeuchi replied “I think we could be able to add that content at a later date as downloadable content.”
Now to me something doesn’t quite seem right here. Developers know of the limitations with the disk space on the Xbox 360 game disk. So they in all likely hood knew that cuts would have to be made. So why not put the cuts straight into DLC on the Xbox 360 and make the content available straight away?
Or is there something more sinistar afoot here?
There’s a part of me that is worried the Xbox 360 owners of the game are going to be getting royally screwed by Capcom and they do offer the DLC to users, at a price.
I could be wrong and I hope I am. But something tells me I’m not. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
Source: Kotaku
