TheChewyWaffles
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Dying Light Global Launch Dates Confirmed, Be the Zombie Mode Now Free
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User 479360
Banned
Glad Be the Zombie will be free.
HassanJamal
Member
That is surprisingly great. BTZ for free. Guess I'm getting a US copy or a digital copy, no way am I waiting for February.
What a insightful post, thanks. Anyways, I'm glad to see them drop the silly preorder bonus. Hopefully the game turns out all right. Best Buy GCU discount and certificates made it only cost me $41 so I figured it was worth a shot.
Collateral22
Member
Only the premium edition is on the store here in Ireland for me on PS4. 89.99. Good to see Be The Zombie being free though.
you can buy it from the site
GuitarAtomik
Member
It should have been that way in the first place but good on them for realizing that.
*Looks at Evolve*
*Looks at Evolve*
Infernal Monkey
Member
A month until the retail release? Holy crap. Techland/WB better hope this game has good word of mouth.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
A month delay? That's a hard pill to swallow.
Collateral22
Member
Just hoping it's not a fuck up, last time something like this happened was with GTA V where I had to pay for it twice digitally and wait 2 weeks for a refund on my second purchase -_-
Triggerhappytel
Member
Publishers almost always handle the PR and marketing. Unless Techland & WB have an unusual agreement whereby WB are only doing the production and distribution, this kind of feels like they aren't trying because they don't give a shit, and/or they're expecting it to bomb. Certainly from some of the comments from Techland it sounds like there's not much warmth between the two.
Breakfast at Noon
Member
legacyzero
Banned
Awesome glad you realized it was a dumb idea. Game is in my radar again.
Tal Shiar Agent
Banned
Is it a bad thing that they saw the move was unpopular and all around stupid and decided to rectify it? Need a new target for Internet outrage now?
cleveridea
Member
LOL that price is a mistake surely
Jimmyfenix
Member
No it is really £55 on both platforms
That is why I am waiting until next month for the retail release
That is why I am waiting until next month for the retail release
Yup. Same as every other non-Microsoft Studios game. It sucks.
Caayn
Member
Once again welcome to game prices outside of the USA
I wonder who actually buys games at these absurd high prices. And now the US price,
WTF is wrong with you publishers... Why don't the console makers enforce some kind of price equality to protect their userbase/costumers.
SneakyStephan
Banned
This one might be different but dead island was pretty videogamey instead of fetch questy.
It started out terrible with indeed fetch quests and crap for the first hour on the beach, but then it turned into a traditional videogame where you explored a bit of the island, then the creepy hotel etc etc and it was about progressing through the story and environment rather than assassin's creed style awful collectathons/grocery lists/chores
This forum is so positive.
Spacejaws
Member
Arn't they still making the monster? It be a bit shitty to ask them to give you stuff free that they make after the game is released. If you wanted everything free then you wouldn't get post release content.
Now the practice of DLC altogether and the way companies are developing and promoting it before they release the initial title then yes that is shitty. Evolve has that problem as it seems to have been developed as a title that could potentially generate endless extra content. 2K probably got a stiffy from that meeting.
We do get free new maps though and play against new monsters/hunters which to me makes Evolve actually handling the inevitable DLC better than most other AAA titles out there which lock you out completely.
Dying Light tho...they were marketing this as an essential feature. Not just an extra character.
The latter point is totally valid though. Our digital pricing on PSN/XBL is completely ridiculous. Especially considering margins on digital sales must be higher than retail because you don't have to worry about physical production costs or the retailer's cut...
Imo this game should be discounted digitally for preorders to normal retail price.
Melchiah
Member
Once again welcome to game prices outside of the USA
I wonder who actually buys games at these absurd high prices. And now the US price,
WTF is wrong with you publishers... Why don't the console makers enforce some kind of price equality to protect their userbase/costumers.
Wait more and pay more. SMH
SneakyStephan
Banned
I want to buy Far Cry 4... and it's still £55.
spookyfish
Member
Nice to see they're listening. Too little too late for me, though. Will buy on sale.
I'd have to believe that Techland wanted to take the reigns on this one, given the fallout over their split from Deep Silver and the Dead Island IP. Have any of the promotional bits featured anyone from WBIE handling them? From what I've seen, it's always been Techland reps.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
So I can't vent about us Brits being royally screwed over by digital prices?
Collateral22
Member
You know that 69.99 is pretty much the standard for games in europe right? Even gamestop here in Ireland is starting to bump them up to 74.99
akilshohen
Member
Have they said why Physical is delayed in EMEA?
enemies wearing something?
DrGonzo615
Banned
This is really awesome news that the backlash about the DLC has actually caused a change (at least thats what Im taking away from this)
It's the standard price if you like to get ripped off. Otherwise, Amazon is selling dying light at 55. (in france at least)
Jeronimo Jones
Member
Good on the "exclusive" mode now being available to all for free. I'll still wait and see on this one.
Caayn
Member
A lot of store in the Netherlands still sells games for 59.99. I've never payed €69.99 for a standard game and never will.
There's only one store that I know that sells games for €69.99 and that is gamemania.
Just because something is standard, which it isn't by the way, doesn't mean that I/we should accept it and keep our mouth shut about it.
0ptimusPayne
Member
Shitty that they most likely looked at the preorder numbers and said, "yea maybe you guys are right" and did a 180. Fine incentivize fans that are there day one and give them DLC, but don't ever lock out main content from people probably paying the same $60 a little down the road. Lesson learned, and Im glad they came to their senses...
Triggerhappytel
Member
Nah, vent away. Looking at those images above for Dying Light, 70 is actually £52.60 so we're paying more than Europe as well! And £55 is $82.60, while over in America they pay fucking $60, or £40 on the nose for all new releases. Takes the piss, and it's why I never buy anything digitally unless it's got a steep discount.
Although I don't think we quite have it the worst - I think in Scandinavia and Australia they pay more than we do here in the UK for new digital games.
They announced it before we had even seen a screen of the game.
"It's not ready" doesn't work here.
kostacurtas
Member
It is 49,99 on Steam.
