• Pika@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    I can’t wait for companies to not use the system that way they can get around the requirement of having a partial refund if they don’t go through with their commitment

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    I reject the presupposition that season passes can ever be “proper.” What’s “proper” is buying a game once, receiving a game that’s finished and complete, and owning the whole thing forever.

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      8 months ago

      The way I read it the “proper” in the title refers to “proper support”, not “proper season passes”

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      8 months ago

      What a silly take. Game expansions have existed nearly as long as games themselves. The expansions for Anno 1800 have given it hundreds of hours of new play for me.

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        8 months ago

        I don’t preorder games and I’m not subscribing to DLC. I would be willing to buy DLC after it’s released(and reviewed), but I’m not whatever the fuck Live Service shit is.

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          8 months ago

          Season passes predate the proliferation of live services. Live services tend to have “battle passes”. In my world, fighting games, “subscribing to DLC” has its advantages.

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            8 months ago

            I’m just combining all this shit together and putting into pile called, Shit I Don’t Fuck With.

            What exactly is a “battle pass” for fighting games and why should I trust major game studios?

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              A battle pass for fighting games, if you’re a competitive player like me, is easily ignored because it’s a carrot at the end of a stick to keep you playing to earn cosmetic items. In fighting games, this currently only exists in Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and kinda sorta in Mortal Kombat 1, to my knowledge.

              A season pass is where you get new characters, just like you can get expansion content in any other game. These are what I do buy as a competitive player. They usually come with 4-6 characters that are released over the course of the year. There’s no world where I wouldn’t want to have every character, since even if I don’t intend to play as that character, I’d still want to bring them into training mode to figure out how to beat them. So the package is slightly discounted compared to buying each character as they release, and I know that I’ll have each character unlocked the second that they’re available.

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                  Yes. There’s no reason to buy the season pass before there’s even a single character ready, so I usually buy it the day that character comes out, but like I said, it hardly matters to me what the other content is in this case, because I’ll need it one way or the other.

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            How is a subscription for getting dlc content isn’t within the umbrella of Live Service? I buy a game and I own a game. Anything else is Live Service.

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                Ok, so what are they? I think I bought a season pass for something ages ago and couldn’t figure out what it was for. I’m paying for something without knowing what it will be, right?

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                  8 months ago

                  Paying for something without knowing what it will be for is also not really a hallmark feature of a subscription.

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                  8 months ago

                  Season pass are bundled dlcs usually at a discount. While it’s true most people buying it don’t know what they’re paying for, it’s totally possible to buy it once every dlc included has been released.

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      Yea I don’t understand what a “season pass” is in reference to video games. And I dont really care either. Can I just buy the game normally and play it whenever I want, please?

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        Season pass means you get all the dlc / expansions for a discounted price since you are buying “in bulk”. So it is about as “buying it normally” as it gets. The difference Steam introduces now is that they need to state what will be in the pass and when it can be expected.

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    It’s insane to me that people support companies that do these predatory practices. Even worse that steam allows companies that steal from their customers to be listed.