14 DAY TRIAL // One of the leading developers at CD Projekt RED, the Polish-based studio that created The Witcher video game series, believes that gamers should not be asked to pay in order to get small pieces of downloadable content and should only bust out their wallets for big packages that are similar to old expansions.
Speaking to MCV, Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz, who is the leading quest designer working at CD Projekt RED, stated, “I think all of the smaller DLCs should be free.”
He added, “In my opinion, you shouldn’t pay for such small packs for to the game. I have no problem with buying an add-on to a game which adds a lot of hours of gameplay and a lot of new content, like expansions used to be in the past. But small DLCs, such as individual items – a customer shouldn’t be forced to pay for that.”
Currently, most big video games releases quickly get DLC packs after launch, some of them consisting of as little as a few new skins for a character or new weapons that gamers can use.
They are often used to entice gamers to pre-order or get a Collector’s Edition and are then offered for a price for the entire fan base.
Successful titles also get long-term support via DLC packs that often add more story elements and multiplayer content.
After a long re-development process that Xbox 360 version of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is set to be launched all over the world on April 17.
The company has suggested that it is working on at least one major expansion for The Witcher 2, which might arrive during this year.
CD Projekt RED is also currently working on two major projects that are set to be launched during 2013 and 2014, although it is not clear whether any of them is linked to The Witcher universe.