10 Overpriced Video Game BS You Should AVOID
6. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre's $16 Greg Nicotero Leatherface Skin
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a surprisingly fun asymmetrical multiplayer game in the vein of prior similar adaptations of Friday the 13th and The Evil Dead, yet as is often the case with games licensed from popular IP, greed inevitably rears its mask-wearing head.
In this case, barely a month after the game's release, developers Sumo Digital announced a new piece of paid "premium content" - an alternate skin for killer Leatherface designed by legendary horror make-up artist Greg Nicotero.
The single skin was priced at an absurd $16, prompting much fury from the fanbase, to which brand strategy lead Matt Shotcha bluntly replied:
"Being a realist is realising that if the price is not acceptable to you, you have the option to not pay it."
In an attempt to be transparent, Sumo then confirmed that all future premium content would similarly cost $16, which didn't exactly quell fans' concerns.
Given that a single piece of premium DLC retails for almost half of the full game's launch price, you can't really blame players for being a little pissed off.