Need for Speed: Most Wanted U dev says the game has to sell well for DLC, then points to Wii U team
If you care to see downloadable content in Need for Speed: Most Wanted U, fans will need to show their support and purchase the game. Apparently.
Criterion creative director Alex Ward told one fan on Twitter:
@mariobros27772 Only one way to solve this. Support the game. If the sales are there it makes sense to do the DLC. Simple as that.
— Alex Ward (@AlexanderJWard) March 17, 2013
Ward was pressed further by another fan on Twitter, to which he indicated that Wii U owners should be directing their comments to members of the Wii U team – perhaps suggesting that he has no input as to whether or not downloadable content will happen.
@scrubelicious @mariobros27772 The credit lies with Idries Hamadi, Rob O Farrell, @djgandalf1m and the rest of the WIi U Crew. Not me.
— Alex Ward (@AlexanderJWard) March 20, 2013
There are two minds that someone could have about this: Either you say “Okay, they gave us a quality port and one free bit of DLC– that’s enough to support it and hope for more!” or you say “They put out a year old game on a next gen console, the fact that they’re not giving us the DLC is absurd.”
Both sides have merits, but I’ve gotta give the edge to the former: The Wii U isn’t selling well. A game Criterion worked really hard on (it appears) probably won’t get the recognition it deserves. They may very well lose money on the product. The fact that they’re working so hard on it at all is admirable as far as I’m concerned, but more than anything it looks like a fun game that I haven’t played before. Shouldn’t that be the only deciding factor in whether you buy something!?
