I just noticed the thing you can buy in PSN store, "Time is Money" which unlocks absolutely everything in skate 2(locations, gear .etc)

Do you find this to be as dirty as i do? I hate that its there, so everything i spend hours trying to get can be unlocked by just paying for it. To me this just makes getting anything in that game not rewarding at all. You should get stuff for actually playing skate 2.

Is this what  every game will have now, is this the end of the world???

I disagree. I love the reward of unlocking new locations and items in games. I love the feeling of accomplishment when I complete a game as well. But the truth is there are people out there that want to use the cheats in the Sims so they can build and live in fancy houses. They don't want to 'earn' the money. There are also people who want to pay 2 bucks for the Elvis suit in Tiger Woods 09 (I did) to get full stats at the start of the game. After all, I only rented it from gamefly and had little time to invest in legitimately upgrading my player. That, and it was worth it to me. I'm sure it would not take too long, but I don't for one second regret my purchase.

While these types of things used to come in the form of cheat codes (like money in the Sims), I do not hold it against the companies that have found people are willing to pay for them. With regard to skate2, I believe they titled this option perfectly. Time is money. While I am enjoying the hours I sink into this game, not everyone has that time. Maybe there's a busy professional out there who only wants to sneak a few 5 minute sessions here and there when he gets home to relive his glory days. Maybe he feels it would be worth a few bucks to have access to everything. Maybe there are skaters out there who absolutely hate some of the 'tony hawkish' objectives and only want to set up film lines without all the structure of the story mode. This is an option after all. It's not hurting you, or me, or 'him' by having this available.

People see these large companies as the bad guys for having what are completely optional unlock purchases. In the end I think most are forgetting that this whole system is business; providing a service in order to make a profit. EA along with others are simply seeing the potential fruits of giving people who want it an option to buy in. No harm, no foul.

i find it a little odd that they're trying to monetize unlockables and not actual skill points.

seeing as how it's skate, what benefit would there be to having access to the couple of unlocked zones and extra clothing at the beginning of the game? you've got no reason to need to get to any of the unlockables until they actually unlock. it's a weird choice for this series, even though it makes sense coming from EA.

"is this the end of the world???"

What's it matter? EA's a business (they like to make profits), and those sucka' fools have to pay for the easy way out. If you could unlock everything for free I'd be more annoyed, at least this way it still cost them something.

That's fucking stupid

I thought it was the stupidest thing I ever saw. I was stoked to see that there was DLC but severely disappointed to find that it was only something I could earn on my own.

I was hoping to find downloadable characters, clothes or gear but no, EA gives us the shaft.

I don't get why people care about this.  If you find the game too difficult go ahead and buy all that stuff, if you actually like playing the game you already payed for, then play it.  Seriously, just stop worrying about it and play your game.

"I don't get why people care about this.  If you find the game too difficult go ahead and buy all that stuff, if you actually like playing the game you already payed for, then play it.  Seriously, just stop worrying about it and play your game."

"DOUBLESHOCK said:

"I don't get why people care about this.  If you find the game too difficult go ahead and buy all that stuff, if you actually like playing the game you already payed for, then play it.  Seriously, just stop worrying about it and play your game."

It's just a disappointment, if you were half as stoked as I was for Skate2, then you might have the faintest idea of why this is such a big deal.
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"I don't get why people care about this.  If you find the game too difficult go ahead and buy all that stuff, if you actually like playing the game you already payed for, then play it.  Seriously, just stop worrying about it and play your game."

Does it unlock the achievements? Cause the last two Pro challenges I have left are making me fucking crazy. I've gotten everything else outta the way.
I HATE YOU JASON DILL YOU WORLD CLASS DIRTBAG AND FUCK OFF BACK TO FRANCE LUCAS WITH YOU STUPID TRANSLATION!

I think that it's very clever, no one's forcing you to buy it.

Eh, I think DLC like this is kind of dirty but like jayge said, just ignore it if you don't like it, Vote with you wallets, if this stuff doesn''t rub you the right way just forget about it, the same shit happens with namco and with its DLC tyhat allows you to buy level ups in Tales of Vesperia. 

"Does it unlock the achievements? Cause the last two Pro challenges I have left are making me fucking crazy. I've gotten everything else outta the way.
I HATE YOU JASON DILL YOU WORLD CLASS DIRTBAG AND FUCK OFF BACK TO FRANCE LUCAS WITH YOU STUPID TRANSLATION!"

Do you find this to be as dirty as i do?