Twisted Pixel Games recently announced that there would be 3 new levels of downloadable content (DLC) upcoming for The Maw at $1.25 each. Gamers immediately cried foul, accusing the independent developer of price gouging. Twisted Pixel, insisting that the additional levels had started development after the original game was finished, had the following to say:

In the months since The Maw went into final testing and certification, Twisted Pixel has been working on creating additional levels for the game, incorporating new enemies, full cinematics, and additional gameplay into each one. They have also been busy squandering the capabilities of the time traveling car they jacked a couple weeks ago. Mike Henry, lead programmer on The Maw: “I haven’t had a soggy last bite of cereal since we got this puppy.” Asked about the possibility of using the technology to prevent world catastrophes or to send the new game data back in time to get incorporated into the original game, Henry pointed obstinately at his bowl. “Crunchy.”

Seriously, have we reached a state of entitlement where we can’t tell the difference between a chop shop price gouging job like the XBLA release of Lumines and actually expanded content?

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