See, now I think Arkham Asylum's getting too crazy with it's pre-DLC stuff. Not only are the Batman costumes retail specific, but so to is the supposed Robin costumes as well. Now I'd be missing out on a decent portion of the game, 4 hrs worth if the developers are to be believed, if I didn't buy it from Tescos?
I know Arkham City's not the only one, Red Dead Redemption and LA Noire have done the same, but when will publishers learn that this isn't the right way to entice people to buy their game? No wonder they bitch about new sales in decline when they do stuff like this, it just makes me feel like I'm not getting the complete package if I buy it somewhere else just because it may be cheaper. No wonder people don't buy games on Day One of release and just wait it out until it drops in price or a GOTY version, rather then shell out more money for when they eventually make all this pre-order DLC stuff become available at some point in the future. Feels like I'm being cheated out of it. Character skins is one thing, but additional gameplay is something different.
The best way to stop this kind of behaviour is to vote with my wallet and not buy the game, but I do want to play Arkam City for sure.