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Mad Max’s exclusive PS4 content is pretty useless

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Mad Max is coming next week and it’s promising to be a romp of a time. Desert landscapes, crazy vehicular combat, off the wall story telling and the ability to blow up things for fun? Ah, they just don’t make games like that anymore. Well, they do, and it’s releasing soon. I will probably be grabbing it on PS4, but not because of this exclusive content.

You don’t need to bother watching the video, really. It shows off the exclusive content, which I was hoping might include some cool missions or extra things to do. Instead, it has 12 hood ornaments. That’s right, 12 cosmetic things to attach to your car. Um, really?

I’m not a huge fan of console exclusive stuff in general. It divides the community and makes people resentful about console buying choices. But, if you’re going to make console exclusive content, surely you can do better than this. This won’t push anyone to buy it on PS4 over Xbox One. Granted, most people have already purchased their PS4s instead anyway, but this just seems silly to me.

Do cosmetic things like this actually matter to anyone? Would you buy one version of a game over another because of hood ornaments? Or is all exclusive content silly anyway and should be abolished? I know why companies do it, but it still just feels like a service to each other instead of to gamers. That said, the giant skull ornament does look pretty cool. Not cool enough to determine which version I purchase, but I’d probably slap that bad boy on my car.

Last Updated: August 27, 2015

35 Comments

  1. Captain JJ Fantasticus

    August 27, 2015 at 12:13

    Two weeks on pc and there’s 100 hood ornaments modded in. 😉

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    • RinceThis

      August 27, 2015 at 13:12

      All of which don’t work 😛

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      • Kromas,powered by windows 10.

        August 27, 2015 at 14:47

        They are modded in so they will work just fine and in 4K HD textures cause ….

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      • Captain JJ Fantasticus

        August 27, 2015 at 16:36

        That’s when they modded you in! Broke EVERYTHING!

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  2. Captain JJ Fantasticus

    August 27, 2015 at 12:16

    I suppose if someone has a PS4 and an Xbone they’ll rather pick up the one with the tiny bit of extra (though redundant) content, just because they can. So Sony will score a few royalties through game sales.

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    • Hammersteyn

      August 27, 2015 at 12:17

      GOTY edition thanks. This is Warner Brothers. They like to advertise DLC content on the main menu and in some cases inside the game as well.

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      • Captain JJ Fantasticus

        August 27, 2015 at 12:20

        Seeing how it’s WB it’s best to stay a mile away from the pc game at least until they’ve figured out how pc’s work.

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        • Hammersteyn

          August 27, 2015 at 13:39

          They know how to send emails so that’s a start

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  3. Gerhard Davids

    August 27, 2015 at 12:31

    Sometimes I think we are approaching things wrong.
    We’re saying “This won’t push anyone to buy it on PS4 over Xbox One.”

    But maybe it’s time to think of this as a reward just for being a PS4 player.
    We are so used to be conned and swindled into platform choices that we have a bit of Stockholm syndrome when it comes to these things.

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    • Captain JJ Fantasticus

      August 27, 2015 at 12:34

      What we think of it is very different to what the intention behind it usually (not always) is.
      If we’re going on rewards then pc gamers should be getting all the DLCs for Batman Arkham Knight for free, but we know that will never happen and they’ll still try to sell it at full price even when it’s months old by the time it finally re-releases.

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    • Kromas,powered by windows 10.

      August 27, 2015 at 12:38

      The only time I have seen this happen in an ideal world was for EA games funnily enough. Playing Dead Space 3? Here is a Mass Effect themed skin as a reward for also owning Mass effect. Played the Demo of Kingdoms of Amalur? Sure here is a piece of cosmetic Clothing to wear when you are on Normandy in ME.

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      • Gerhard Davids

        August 27, 2015 at 13:25

        Similar to Blizzard rewards across their IP’s

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        • Kromas,powered by windows 10.

          August 27, 2015 at 13:30

          No. You want that Tyrial pet in WoW. Tough luck cause you did not buy the collectors Edition of Diablo. Most of their pets and skins are tied into that system. I think portraits are the only things you get across the games.Oh and one Character(Diablo) for Heroes of the Storm (and only for a limited time (and that time is right now btw) and you need to own both Diablo and RoS)

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          • Gerhard Davids

            August 27, 2015 at 14:39

            There are also rewards across HoTS and Hearthstone which are both free to play, but feel free to cherry pick man.

            When you exclude the F2P it looks worse.

          • Kromas,powered by windows 10.

            August 27, 2015 at 14:44

            Not Cherry Picking just noting that EA games have the rewards free across all games no matter what edition you buy whereas Blizzard does not so it is not 100% Ideal cause certain things you only get with a CE.

            Still love Blizzard though don’t get me wrong but it is a bad example of what I was trying to point out.

          • Gerhard Davids

            August 27, 2015 at 14:49

            I get what you are saying but for me it is a point of view thing. If I get Diablo CE i get cool stuff. This stuff includes content for other IP’s if I do own them. It’s a reward for getting that CE. Rather than a paywall for the other IP as they have the same system. I personally don’t mind the way this works. What would annoy me is content rather than fluff that get’s pushed this way.

    • The Sten

      August 27, 2015 at 13:52

      Fully Agree.

      If this was the other way around and they made the content super cool stuff that everybody wanted, the XO players would have felt left out. Its just right in my opinion.

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  4. Johann

    August 27, 2015 at 12:34

    I see on takealot that the pre-order bonus is the same for Xbox One and PS4. Got my dlc code yesterday for my Xbox One version

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  5. Loftus

    August 27, 2015 at 12:47

    If the game has a Toyota Prius in it i will buy the game!

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    • HairyEwok

      August 27, 2015 at 12:53

      Im more of the Fiat Uno kind of guy.

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      • Greylingad[CNFRMD]

        August 27, 2015 at 12:54

        They do have difficulty staying upright though…

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        • HairyEwok

          August 27, 2015 at 13:34

          In a post apocalyptic world who cares if your upright as long as you look dangerous and cool (mostly dangerous) it’s all good.

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          • Greylingad[CNFRMD]

            August 27, 2015 at 13:39

            You don’t need to be in an apocalyptic setting for an Uno to look dangerous though….

          • HairyEwok

            August 27, 2015 at 13:49

            True, I think a Uno will fit snugly into the Joburg CBD scene.

          • Greylingad[CNFRMD]

            August 27, 2015 at 13:55

            It kind of creates the joburg scene doesn’t it, they’re everywhere!

    • Captain JJ Fantasticus

      August 27, 2015 at 12:55

      If it has a Toyota Prius in it, I will burn the game. ;P

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      • Greylingad[CNFRMD]

        August 27, 2015 at 13:01

        Chanting “If it has no gazoline I make it burn!”

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    • Greylingad[CNFRMD]

      August 27, 2015 at 12:56

      It needs a Clarkson P50….

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  6. RinceThis

    August 27, 2015 at 13:11

    Why even bother?

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  7. Zhish

    August 27, 2015 at 14:11

    The different hood ornaments actually boost specific stats. Vehicle armor boost, ram strength etc.

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  8. Pieter Kruger

    August 27, 2015 at 16:04

    Not sure why Sony spends money on crap like this and exclusive timed beta access etc. Rather spend money on 1st party IP’s.

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  9. TacRaz

    August 27, 2015 at 19:09

    Hey…sony can keep wasting money on this trash while Microsoft continues to dominate in 1st party exclusives. Gears of War released Tuesday and is ridiculously good. Forza 6 releases in 2 weeks and is the best racer available period. Halo, sea of thieves, scalebound and quantum look insane

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  10. Johnny Black

    August 27, 2015 at 22:12

    Getting it on PC 🙂

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  11. Dark_Kitarist

    August 28, 2015 at 03:42

    God damn I want this game soooo bad!

    Reply

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