2K Sports puts its reelmaker on XBLM; fans ask why

2K sports has released a reel editor for All Pro Football 2K8 onthe Xbox Live Marketplace. The reel editor allows you to create and edit replays from the game, effectively allowing you to make your own personal highlight reels, a feature that a lot of Football fans love to have. However, with quite a recent release date and the editor’s presence on the XBLM leads a lot of gamers to ask… why didn’t it come with the disc?

2K sports’ reel editor costs 400 points to download, is 108kb in size, and its purpose is to ‘unlock’ the actual reel editor which is already included in the retail disk. This is distressing especially since a lot of users believe the editor should come standard with the title and not as downloadable content. Comments from websites and have been less than civil towards the title with regard to the reel editor, with some commenters expressing their desire to return the game for a refund.

While this situation certainly raises a lot of ire, it does bring to mind a valid question: is it ok for developers charge for content like this, or should gamers draw the line here? Let us know what you think.

2K sports has released a reel editor for All Pro Football 2K8 onthe Xbox Live Marketplace. The reel editor allows you to create and edit replays from the game, effectively allowing you to make your own personal highlight reels, a feature that a lot of Football fans love to have. However, with quite a recent release date and the editor’s presence on the XBLM leads a lot of gamers to ask… why didn’t it come with the disc?

2K sports’ reel editor costs 400 points to download, is 108kb in size, and its purpose is to ‘unlock’ the actual reel editor which is already included in the retail disk. This is distressing especially since a lot of users believe the editor should come standard with the title and not as downloadable content. Comments from websites and have been less than civil towards the title with regard to the reel editor, with some commenters expressing their desire to return the game for a refund.

While this situation certainly raises a lot of ire, it does bring to mind a valid question: is it ok for developers charge for content like this, or should gamers draw the line here? Let us know what you think.