SAROS Digital Deluxe Edition comes with 48h early access pass

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Saros out April 30, new trailer reveals gameplay, story details

DDE version announced, includes in-game suits based on PlayStation Studios games.
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Loomy said:
Do not complain/whine/bitch about it. Just don't buy this edition. That's the only way they'll get the signal that you don't want this. $$ is what matters, not negative impressions on social media.

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blog.playstation.com

Saros out April 30, new trailer reveals gameplay, story details

DDE version announced, includes in-game suits based on PlayStation Studios games.
blog.playstation.com blog.playstation.com
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But people will buy it and it's just extra money from impatient people, they see it as no harm no foul.
 
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drotahorror said:
But people will buy it and it's just extra money from impatient people, they see it as no harm no foul.
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Oh yeah, I suspect most people who preorder deluxe editions will get this and Publishers will keep doing it. Just saying there's no point complaining about it.

And to be fair, it's a single player game. So it really is no harm no foul.
 
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Loomy said:
Do not complain/whine/bitch about it. Just don't buy this edition. That's the only way they'll get the signal that you don't want this. $$ is what matters, not negative impressions on social media.

Bartski Bartski add this to OP
blog.playstation.com

Saros out April 30, new trailer reveals gameplay, story details

DDE version announced, includes in-game suits based on PlayStation Studios games.
blog.playstation.com blog.playstation.com
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Don't listen to this. Complain ALL day.

Early access for single-player games like Saros absolutely harms the experience: spoilers wreck the story, FOMO drives artificial tiers, and apathy lets publishers fragment launches.

It exploits pure FOMO. Paying extra for timed access to the full game plus minor cosmetics

It sets a greedy precedent, turning complete $70 games into artificially tiered products

Publishers push this because apathy lets it spread. Silence normalizes longer tiers and more fragmentation next time.

Buy standard, starve the trend.
 
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HRK69 said:
Don't listen to this. Complain ALL day.

Early access for single-player games like Saros absolutely harms the experience: spoilers wreck the story, FOMO drives artificial tiers, and apathy lets publishers fragment launches.

It exploits pure FOMO. Paying extra for timed access to the full game plus minor cosmetics

It sets a greedy precedent, turning complete $70 games into artificially tiered products

Publishers push this because apathy lets it spread. Silence normalizes longer tiers and more fragmentation next time.

Buy standard, starve the trend.
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They should exploit the FOMO gamers. Why is that bad? Is 48 hours really that hard to go on a blackout mode for this game? If it's that bad, just stay off Twitter for 48 hours.
 
HRK69 said:
Don't listen to this. Complain ALL day.

Early access for single-player games like Saros absolutely harms the experience: spoilers wreck the story, FOMO drives artificial tiers, and apathy lets publishers fragment launches.

It exploits pure FOMO. Paying extra for timed access to the full game plus minor cosmetics

It sets a greedy precedent, turning complete $70 games into artificially tiered products

Publishers push this because apathy lets it spread. Silence normalizes longer tiers and more fragmentation next time.

Buy standard, starve the trend.
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If you don't like it, don't buy it, but there are those of us who like the early access stuff A LOT, and are happy to pay a premium for it.

Like I said above, the one sure way to get me to pre-order a game or buy the deluxe edition is to offer early access. I absolutely love that shit.
 
mckmas8808 said:
They should exploit the FOMO gamers. Why is that bad?
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Nah, exploiting FOMO is straight-up scummy imo, it turns a $70 single-player game into a paywall scam

Publishers know the game is done and they're artificially delaying the standard edition to create urgency, banking on fans' fear of missing hype

mckmas8808 said:
Is 48 hours really that hard to go on a blackout mode for this game? If it's that bad, just stay off Twitter for 48 hours.
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Come on, that's ridiculous

Good luck avoiding thumbnails of the final boss, random group chat messages like "holy shit that ending," or the algorithm shoving review clips in your face.

Spoilers are unavoidable unless you literally delete social media for the weekend. Not everyone can (or wants to) live like a hermit for two days just to enjoy a game unruined

Publishers know this and bank on it.

Poppinfresh said:
If you don't like it, don't buy it, but there are those of us who like the early access stuff A LOT, and are happy to pay a premium for it.

Like I said above, the one sure way to get me to pre-order a game or buy the deluxe edition is to offer early access. I absolutely love that shit.
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Cool, whales gonna whale.

"don't buy it". Yeah, no fucking shit.

And plenty hate it, You're a tiny minority; most want shared launches like GTA 6/RDR2.

Next it's 72 hours for $150. You FOMO guys are going to eat that up too

Edit: and you can "LOL" my post all you want, but how about actually pointing out what's positive about paying for 48 hours of early access (besides just playing the game early and that it cures your FOMO).
 
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HRK69 said:
but how about actually pointing out what's positive about paying for 48 hours of early access (besides just playing the game early and that it cures your
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How about, It's my money and I will spend it how I like?

And to me, being able to access a game that I really want to play early is worth the extra money.

No more, no less.

Everything in your post screams "I'm jealous," so I'm sorry that you're unable to afford deluxe editions that come with early access
 
mckmas8808 said:
Why? You either want it early or you don't. Either way it's not a bad thing.
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For me is just a cheap move.

All they do is delay the game for a couple of days for non deluxe edition owners so they can put as an extra for the deluxe edition.

Usually deluxe editions included mini artbooks, mini soundtracks and even special packages on physical ones, like this:






Now they just focus on the early access and throw some skins in and that's it.
 
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Poppinfresh said:
How about, It's my money and I will spend it how I like?

And to me, being able to access a game that I really want to play early is worth the extra money.

No more, no less.

Everything in your post screams "I'm jealous," so I'm sorry that you're unable to afford deluxe editions that come with early access
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Love it when people go straight to "you're jealous/poor" the second they run out of actual arguments

Nobody cares how you spend your money, champ. Spend it on overpriced coffee or lottery tickets too, no one's stopping you.

The issue is your "personal choice" directly funds a scummy practice

Enjoy your headstart while you flex being the publisher's favorite sucker 💀
 
Loomy said:
Oh yeah, I suspect most people who preorder deluxe editions will get this and Publishers will keep doing it. Just saying there's no point complaining about it.

And to be fair, it's a single player game. So it really is no harm no foul.
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Just a greedy, shitty practice. That's the biggest enticement when all you have is some skins and shit.

I think it's really gay to lock behind a "deluxe" preorder bonus. How about ALL preorders get to access it early and only people who bought physical have to wait? How about rewarding those who buy digitally and save you a few $$$ from having to print so many hard copies.

EA's WRC actually did that. If you pre-ordered in any way (digitally) you could access the game earlier than the official release date.

I think Microsoft started this stupid practice. Maybe with Forza Horizon 4? Can't remember.
 
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HRK69 said:
Don't listen to this. Complain ALL day.

Early access for single-player games like Saros absolutely harms the experience: spoilers wreck the story, FOMO drives artificial tiers, and apathy lets publishers fragment launches.

It exploits pure FOMO. Paying extra for timed access to the full game plus minor cosmetics

It sets a greedy precedent, turning complete $70 games into artificially tiered products

Publishers push this because apathy lets it spread. Silence normalizes longer tiers and more fragmentation next time.

Buy standard, starve the trend.
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Let's see which works better - this, or boycotting buying RAM to force prices down.
 
stop copying corrupt ms practices, its poisoning the industry.
barely any game ships in good state day 1 nowadays, let alone day -2, you 'd need to be special kind of stupid to fall for these premium priced early tests
but of course they know gamerz has the impulse control of a toddler, so this'll keep happening
 
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