Is there a deeper meaning behind Season passes?

Forgewolf · March 21, 2015, 01:16:16 AM

Perhaps the cost of making games and paying workers is rising, but they don't want to charge $80-$100. Instead they take minor to significant junks and re-sell it as DLC as an incentive to give them what the game's true retail price would be?

It just doesn't feel like Season passes are going away.

Naoto · March 21, 2015, 02:24:12 AM

....that's not a secret. It's been the case for a while. Although I can't remember the last season pass I bought. It's been years.

Mattie G Indahouse · March 21, 2015, 05:11:37 AM

There's no deep meaning to them besides the developer or publisher being greedy. Unless the game is complete shit or is some underground game the game is going to bank. GTA 5 banked over a billion in two days and that game still has microtransactions just out of greed.

Batch · March 21, 2015, 07:18:37 AM

Its just a way to squeeze more of that sweet kush out of you and me

*sips tea*

UnwornUniform · March 21, 2015, 08:59:49 AM

This reminds me how I bugged the shit out of my dad to get him to buy every map pack for Halo 3 when they came out.
I was and still am a shill for Bungie.

🍁 Aria 🔮 · March 21, 2015, 09:04:53 AM

The average AAA game has costed $45 million for years now. That sounds like a lot until you realize they only need to sell 2.5 million copies to profit. So EA games wanting to sell 5 million copies per entry in a franchise or else it gets canned? That's so they can make 200% in revenue per product.

Girl of Mystery · March 21, 2015, 10:04:48 AM

The last season pass I bought was for TellTale's GoT. It's cheaper that way.

Verbatim · March 21, 2015, 10:19:33 AM

no game that's worth playing uses season passes anyway

Luciana · March 21, 2015, 10:41:13 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on March 21, 2015, 10:19:33 AM

no game that's worth playing uses season passes anyway

Forgewolf · March 21, 2015, 11:50:41 AM

Quote from: Batch on March 21, 2015, 07:18:37 AM

Its just a way to squeeze more of that sweet kush out of you and me

*sips tea*

NO! Not mah weed! : ' (

Ásgeirr · March 21, 2015, 11:52:56 AM

They arent as long as casual idiots still buy them.

RomanGladiator · March 21, 2015, 12:11:59 PM

Quote from: TheUnwornUnicorn on March 21, 2015, 08:59:49 AM

This reminds me how I bugged the shit out of my dad to get him to buy every map pack for Halo 3 when they came out.
I was and still am a shill for Bungie.

It was the same thing for me when I was a teenager. Dad, I need your credit card for a map pack!!

Forgewolf · March 21, 2015, 12:12:22 PM

Quote from: Oss on March 21, 2015, 11:52:56 AM

They arent as long as casual idiots still buy them.

I wait till they get dirt cheap and then I smile at people who bought it at full price.

Turkey · March 21, 2015, 12:24:44 PM

Gamers would rather feel like they're buying an equivalent portion of the game than pay $90 for the whole game at once.

Naru · March 21, 2015, 03:21:53 PM

Quote from: BerzerkCommando on March 21, 2015, 05:11:37 AM

There's no deep meaning to them besides the developer or publisher being greedy. Unless the game is complete shit or is some underground game the game is going to bank. GTA 5 banked over a billion in two days and that game still has microtransactions just out of greed.

Those Shark Cards apparently made all the DLC for GTA V for free according to R*.

R o c k e t · March 21, 2015, 03:30:38 PM

It's just annoying how all you see nowadays are "buy the season pass" for literally 99% of games. And it makes the quality of the original game drop like a brick because they just cut content.

Jono · March 21, 2015, 04:56:44 PM

Season Passes and Microtransactions need to burn in Hell

Statefarm · March 21, 2015, 05:29:23 PM

Quote from: BerzerkCommando on March 21, 2015, 05:11:37 AM

There's no deep meaning to them besides the developer or publisher being greedy. Unless the game is complete shit or is some underground game the game is going to bank. GTA 5 banked over a billion in two days and that game still has microtransactions just out of greed.

To be fair, all GTA V DLC is free. Decent amount of stuff has been added, not including the temporary holiday/seasonal stuff. I'm okay with a few 9 year olds stealing mommys credit card if it means free DLC.

Comet · March 21, 2015, 07:22:49 PM

you are pre-ordering DLC which is bad, mmmkay?

Forgewolf · March 22, 2015, 08:09:18 PM

Quote from: Comet on March 21, 2015, 07:22:49 PM

you are pre-ordering DLC which is bad, mmmkay?

I've never done that myself. I try to hold out till its 50% off or greater