First DLC appears for Wipeout Pulse [Update]

by Andrew Yoon { Feb 7th 2008 at 10:00AM }

Fans who enjoyed Wipeout Pure's free DLC are going to be very disappointed by this new. The first DLC for Wipeout Pulse has appeared on the UK PLAYSTATION Store ... at a cost of £3.49. The "Mirage Pack" includes a brand new team, and two new tracks (and their Zone variations). Update: Future packs have been unearthed on the official Wipeout website. They each include two tracks and one new team.

Pulse is a fantastic game, and we don't mind having to pay for more of it. However, is £3.49 a bit too much for you? How much will DLC cost when the game launches in America in a week?

Also available on the UK Store: Fade to Black (PS1), Theme Hospital (PS1), Motorhead (PS1)

[Thanks, Forgot69!]

Tags: dlc, store, wipeout, wipeout-pulse

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Alien @ Feb 7th 2008 10:22AM

Wow , Pure had much more for free :(

Forgot69 @ Feb 7th 2008 10:52AM

Ouch... Sony have taken this DLC a little far requiring payment in my book. Still, great game though. Maybe if the was just more then 2 tracks and 1 ship?! Common!

nomad @ Feb 7th 2008 12:08PM

just upload and share.

required @ Feb 7th 2008 12:15PM

Does the UK PLAYSTATION Store require that you use a Microsoft Operating System as well? If so, double bad.

phl0w @ Feb 7th 2008 1:05PM

Yes, it does. No chance for MAC and Linux users...

karan @ Feb 7th 2008 12:24PM

Considering I paid only £25 for this game in the first place, £3.50 is damn steep for so little :(

Brello @ Feb 7th 2008 1:06PM

£3.49 for a team and two tracks? That's a bit much, don't you think? I'll still get the game when it comes to the USA; Pure was too great to pass up the next offering.

Sean @ Feb 7th 2008 2:21PM

Charging for this does seem a bit against the grain for what most of us usually expect, but haven't there been other cases of DLC for games lately that start out with a charge, and then go free a couple months later? Even if not, and I'm only remembering a rumor, I wouldn't be surprised, or put out. If you want something new and shiny in the tech world, you generally have to pay a premium for it. The only part of this I'd have a particular issue with is if the price doesn't drop a few months after the game comes out.

theMediaman @ Feb 7th 2008 2:27PM

BOOOOOOO!

stickmanfc73_ @ Feb 7th 2008 5:07PM

Booo is right. WTH is this crap? It better be free soon. They never charged us before. Be different if it were only like .99 then maybe I'd consider.

I just don't feel right about this.

BFBeast666 @ Feb 7th 2008 5:56PM

So it's official: The "magic word" for this console generation is "Microtransaction". Sony would be stupid not to cash in.

What makes me spit bile all over them is how bone-headed the support staff is. I ask how to access the DLC for Wipeout Pure through my PSP (which doesn't work AT ALL), and get - repeatedly - the answer that I should buy the game off the store. Why? I have it already.

V1L3 @ Feb 7th 2008 6:41PM

Jesus, what's with all the whining?

Just because you got something for free in the past (at cost to them) means it's wrong of them to charge for it now? If you don't think it's worth the money, it's simple - don't buy it.

I think you'll find that the game disc itself was cheaper than Pure, so if anything, you didn't get the downloadable content back then for "free" at all. Not to mention that the US version of Pure missed out on the cool artist-designed tracks of the UK version, which in turn had several of the "free" tracks utterly ruined by excessive in-game advertising.

Would you honestly prefer either no downloadable content or downloadable content with obnoxious in-game advertising? If these tracks are ever made free in the future, that might be their best bet. Tracks don't design themselves, you know.

James @ Feb 7th 2008 9:28PM

An example of a bad move.

Iddy @ Feb 8th 2008 12:49AM

despite the poor effort, there is good news, kinda, the www(dot)wipeoutpulse(dot)com has info on the new pack AND the next 3 packs up and coming, looks good!
..shame about the extreme price, this content should be free, we shouldn't have to pay for the lack of sales/revenue, its not our fault, WE'RE the ones who bought the game, more inscentive would mean more sales, more revenue, why didn't they mak them free??? especially when the game was as expensive as it was..