Ark RIPS OFF GAMERS?

Except now they're asking for significantly more than the fair price. They want full AAA $60, for an indie game. A game that again, has to be pointed out that has a paid DLC before it even released! A not cheap DLC either, at $20.

I quickly removed the game from my wishlist when I learned about the paid DLC, and now this new absurd cash grab has guaranteed I will never send them a cent. They make EA look good for crying out loud.

The game has brought so much to the survival genre and many unique features did not exist before. The game is huge and has tons of content. Ive played since day one on console.The $60 version includes 3 dlc maps which one of has already been sold for $20. So $30 for the game $20 for dlc we are at $50. They offer two more maps with the full title plus everything they have worked on for the last few years. This is a game you put thousands of hours into and if that is not worth your money what is? The public has had years to purchase at a lower cost and always informed it will be a full title launch. plus you can still get it on sale. Do developers not deserve support? Have you seen the garbage they sell on steam? Why did you wait to buy, the information has been out there? People will never be happy when there is a price increase, but your lying if you think you were not offered ample time to explore the title for a reasonable exchange. I love ark, I think its worth every penny, and I'll still order the special edition. Entitled gamers, games use to be 8 hour campaign for full price, that would be absurd these days and people still complain. 

The game has tons to do and has definitely been out for long enough that the supporters of the early access have already snagged their copy (I'm just assuming that's how early access works; again, they never come out so this is new to me.) There are plenty of AAA titles that have been released with less to do and just as many bugs, but their namesake helped them avoid becoming a hot dumpster fire (AC: Unity and Mass Effect: Andromeda come to mind here) even though they were controversial. After a quick Google search (sorry but that's all I've got), Unity (and Rogue) sold 10 million units upon release and Andromeda sold 1 million units. Ark seems to have proven itself worth the price tag if gamers are going to sink as much time into it as they already have.

Maybe $60 is steep, but I don't think the arguments being made are good ones. What truly makes a game worth $60 as opposed to $30 or $40? (Maybe voice acting which I suppose this game probably doesn't have much of)

Actually the state of Ark right now is exactly what I expect of a AAA experience at launch now days. Have you been paying attention to what buggy pieces of crap AAA games are releasing like these past few years? I say Ark's new price is perfectly fine relative to other buggy games that are released at the exact same price. I just wish I would have bought it during early access...

I was just thinking it kind of looked like a funhaus video, but at least they are  trying to mix it up a little and not just do the same thing until they run their shows into the ground.