Add-on significance criteria

Owned by Former user (Deleted)
Jan 12, 2015

This page contains a kind of check list which shall help us decide whether an add-on to a game is so important that it needs to be treated just like a normal game within data views, i. e. it will show up in the default game lists and searches.

Things that require significance

Things that do not matter for the decision

 

Things that count pro significance

Major pros

  1. The add-on adds content that noticably extends the base game, i. e. new campaigns, new areas, new characters.
  2. The add-on was sold at full price.
  3. The add-on was developed by the same developers as the base game.
  4. The add-on was sold in boxes.
  5. The add-on was widely reviewed in the press.
  6. The add-on saw marketing like a full game, i. e. teaser videos, trade show appearances, adverts, etc..

Minor pros

  1. The add-on costs money, but is not full-price.
  2. The add-on was published by the same publisher as the base game.

Things that count contra significance

Major Cons

  1. The add-on just adds content which isn't immediately noticable within the base game, i. e. new items or skins.
  2. The add-on wasn't sold separately, but only together with the base game.
  3. The add-on didn't see any noticable marketing.

Minor Cons

  1. The add-on is free, i. e. it doesn't cost money.
  2. The add-on could only be downloadad, i. e. it wasn't sold in boxes.