Playstation Blog Knocks One “Out of Bounds”


You have to love PR speak. When gamers recently speculated
that downloadable content for Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds was already on the
disk, a simple reply could have sufficed. “No premium content is on the Blu-Ray
disk”, would have summed the matter up succinctly.  

Instead the Playstation Blog gives this answer:  Now, in previous posts there have been
some comments of the content being on the disc and needing a key to unlock it,
so let me go ahead and clear that up for you: all the content on the physical
disc can be accessed without additional purchases – it’s that simple. The
“core” or “shell” of the on-disc game has a sort of plug-and-play feature that
lets us quickly deliver content (such as characters and new courses) without
clogging up your pipes, which also makes it easier for you to purchase the new
content from the
PlayStation Store (once you
decide to) and access it right away. So if you’re tired of getting schooled by
some young punk – you can quickly gain access to one of the more advanced
players and unleash your mighty golf wrath upon them.

Plug and Play? Pipes? Shells and Cores? The Playstation Blog
has managed to take a relatively simple question and give a response so convoluted,
that we are left scratching our heads. But more problematic is the last line-
indicating that by paying a premium download, you will have an edge on other
players. After the recent Battlefield: Bad Company fiasco, this doesn’t seem
like a stance supported by players nor the industry.

About Robert Allen

Since being a toddler, Robert Allen has been immersed in video games, anime, and tokusatsu. Currently, his days are spent teaching at two southern California colleges. But his evenings and weekends are filled with STGs, RPGs, and action titles and well at writing for Tech-Gaming since 2007.

11 comments

  1. If that’s the case, then Sony ruined the game. Oh, wait no voice chat option? it was already ruined!

  2. What do you expect a literate response from Sony? Their company is so screwed up.

  3. Sony’s doing fine, troll. They’re been selling more PS3 than 360’s lately.

    MGS4. Believe.

  4. To clarify, in the comments section is this:
    “Heya JEdwards – to clarify, the content is NOT on the disc, it will be automatically downloaded to the HDD with the rest of this Thursday’s updates. We’ve bundled all the updates into one package that way you’re not forced to do another download once you decide to purchase the DLC.

    Voice chat is still being figured out – and thank you for your feedback on the other features!”

    Still, that’s what the should have said all along. The might gold wrath comment is worrisome though.

  5. What the hell is that Blog guy talking about?

  6. What bullshit! This is what’s wrong with the industry.

  7. Um, it’s just a blog. What’s the big deal?

  8. When you download the patch, you’re downloading the characters. Then it’s pay to play.

    If you are getting beat on-line, then you have instant access to a expert character. But, if you can’t use them, you’ll still suck, despite what the blog says.

  9. “et me go ahead and clear that up for you”

    Thanks. much clearer now 😉

  10. Mistake #1-Getting information from blogs.

  11. The golfer looks like Eazy-E. Or it it just me?