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PSA: You can play Starfield 5 days early for $31
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No but that's the difference you're trying to push rather than concentrating on the fact that the analogy is based on the fact that content is "withheld" and sold for a specific SKU and them not giving it on a specific SKU and trying to influence spending isn't a "good to have option" but just withheld content you can choose to influence your spending or not. Withheld being a word you choose to freely use there but have a problem with using elsewhere even though the official "release date" for all SKUs can be said to be the same for all COD content too and the PS version is sold as "early access" to that content in much the same way. You fail to see the analogy though. If it makes you feel better assume the player has multiple consoles, now it's a "good to have option" right? To be able to buy that SKU and get early access to that content which totally can't be called 'withheld' otherwise you're off your rockers because nothing has been withheld and everything is as promised. It was always promised at a later date right? as the actual official "release date" is later they can choose to wait and not buy that SKU or console, it's a user-choice, amazing. so they can choose to get it when it officially releases everywhere there too as you keep trying to shill in this case.You are equating buying into a whole different console eco system as the same as buying just an add on to a game and hardware you already have access to.
I'm done my man. Moving on.
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Dr. Wilkinson
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This one’s been publicly delayed for nearly a whole year, and so the general consensus and expectation is that this will be the least buggy game BGS has ever put out in the modern era. We’ll see how that turns out.. it’s been in development for a very long time
Dr. Wilkinson
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
ZoukGalaxy
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PSA for... that ?
Majima Everywhere System
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Does it include seasons of DLC? Does not appear that it does. Kinda garbo compared to thw Forza Horizon thing.
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SportsFan581
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IKR, it's a choice of whether or not you are interested in playing a game a few days early or not and if you are is that worth $30 to you. Once the 5 days is past there is no further benefit to the early access for anybody, whether you pay $99 or get the addon for the GP version.
The addon content and things like that is a little different, but even that comes back to buyer choice and whether or not the user thinks they will use the content during the time they have GP.
It's just a really confused argument overall, because do people not realize that it's normal for gamers to spend money in free 2 play games? Games that can and are shutdown with barely any notice.
CloudShiner
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Do you have GP because of the free games, but want to pay for the game too? Do you have less patience than a gnat that has a few hours left to live?
Step right this way, have we got a deal for you! Ker-ching.
Step right this way, have we got a deal for you! Ker-ching.
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Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
Only one expansion has been announced and the premium edition comes with that expansion.
No idea if there will be other expansions.
twilo99
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Oh look at you exercising your right to choose between two options… unacceptable behavior
This has always been the case though, it's a free market and you can charge what people are willing to pay but it's the fact that this attempt to increase revenue by just unlocking the game earlier for higher paying users is being turned into a "good to have more options" when it's not really particularly a good thing but just a way to increase revenue. If EA for example bumped their game price to $80 and said "1 month later it's going to have a price reduction to $70 and that's what we will call the official 'day one' release date but you can play it now early for $80" would people be saying cool more options? Because that's essentially what's happening. Sure it's your choice whether you want to buy the $80 game and play earlier but lets not pretend they're doing anybody a favour by giving people "options", it's more a revenue driver to get people to pay more to be able to play earlier.
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Magic Carpet
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Well this thread strong armed me into spending the $31 bucks and change. Downloading a 17 GB Art book and a 50 some GB premium content. Hope it unlocks early.
It also comes with dlc that standalone might be $25-30
You are getting more than 5 days early
SportsFan581
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Very true. They always have to do that, otherwise no one would by this version after launch. There will always be some players that want the deluxe.
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That's not true. It's not seasons of dlc. It's the first dlc only.
Fabieter
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But you already got 70$ covered by the fact that you get the base game in your sub.
Exactly
MatrixReloaded101
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I'm glad reviews will release before the premium edition on Thursday because I need to see what performance will be like before buying.
This is giving people options to pay for the Premium edition. You can either buy it outright at $99 or pay an upgrade fee to convert a Standard purchase to premium. That is the choice and option he's talking about.
You're just being disingenuous by circling back to complaining about Early Access.
Slicker than your average
Banned
Nobody defends it when it's diablo because when anyone does it it's scummy . But when it's Xbox, it's played down as good to have options.
Well they’ve hitched their identity to the brand. It’s very common nowadays.
It's already a near standard for big new releases with extra content.
Hogwarts Legacy, MLB The Show, Forza Horizon, Battlefield, Call of Duty, Mortal Kombat 1, Diablo 4, EA FC...
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Can you point out who is defending here and talked shit about it in other examples, or is this just another drive-by ?
A lot of big releases already do this, pretty much already a standard.
Add Baldur's Gate 3 to the list. Pre-ordering the Deluxe edition gets you 3 day early access.
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saintjules
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Wondering where you got 300 hours. Is this your predicted playtime?
Dr. Wilkinson
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Have you never heard of a Bethesda RPG before? I’m just not sure if you’re asking serious question. It’s also widely known from Bethesda that Starfield is longer than Skyrim or fallout 4, they just haven’t publicly said exactly how much longer. So using common sense and a bit of simple logic, 300 hours seems very very reasonable and plausible as an estimate.
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Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
You know it's weird (in a good way) that the OST and Art download is 16 gigs. Either they have some super uncompressed as hell tracks or there's a lot of high rez art in that package.
Unfortunately that is also locked until the early access date so I can't open it yet
That because the art and sound is given through an App thats "2D".
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