Obliterator
Member
Thank God. Give us maps for free and charge for cosmetics. I'm 100% down with that
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Star Wars Battlefront II won't have a Season Pass, don't want to fragment community
- Thread starter Lifejumper
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AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
This won't be a day one for me, regardless. My faith in EA multiplayer models isn't exactly at an all time high. Plus there are too many other good games coming out.
Aztechnology
Member
Maybe constant small releases at a low price. "Our marketing research team found that if you charge people in small increments of $5 or less you can get away with charging plebians up to 30% more than even previously and have higher retention rates."
Megaton, imo. Coming from EA.
Follow the Rainbow Six Siege/Uncharted model. Free content and expansions all round, but a minor grind (or payment) to unlock better gear/cosmetics.
What are you reading?
Follow the Rainbow Six Siege/Uncharted model. Free content and expansions all round, but a minor grind (or payment) to unlock better gear/cosmetics.
What are you reading?
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
I don't want any stormtrooper paint customisation. That misses the entire point.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
So i don't need to pay ~£90 for the the full game? I would love if they do free expansions even if it was 2 instead of 4 but just charge for cosmetics.
Interficium
Banned
Will be celebrated until they introduce their alternative business model to the season pass, then GAF will hate that as well.
Aztechnology
Member
With Battlefield 1 they attempted to do both. Why wouldn't they do that here as well?
Ryo Hazuki
Member
Sorry if this isn't known, I didn't play much of the original, but couldn't they still charge money for the expansions as they're released individually rather than just do a season pass price upfront? Couldn't it ending up costing more money if they release a bunch of expansions this way?
Of course it would be great if they were all free and just charged for cosmetics.
Of course it would be great if they were all free and just charged for cosmetics.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Must have sold poorly.
Whatever, I'm glad that they had to stop eating their cake. Paid dlc, with Microtransactions, is always bullshit.
Whatever, I'm glad that they had to stop eating their cake. Paid dlc, with Microtransactions, is always bullshit.
valinthyne
Member
It wont have a season pass...you'll just have to buy everything separately.
Obliterator
Member
That is literally what it says
Says right in the op?
"We don't have a season pass"
Whoaa different OP. Two threads going at once.
Aztechnology
Member
Maybe constant small releases at a low price. "Our marketing research team found that if you charge people in small increments of $5 or less you can get away with charging plebians up to 30% or more than previously and have higher retention rates."
In the other thread when I posted this I was joking. But I actually wouldn't put it past them. And based on people I know, this buying scheme would mesh well with their habits as they are horrible at understanding how much they are spending if they do it in tiny bits.
In the other thread when I posted this I was joking. But I actually wouldn't put it past them. And based on people I know, this buying scheme would mesh well with their habits as they are horrible at understanding how much they are spending if they do it in tiny bits.
Have they even monetized skins yet in BF1?
Ha, yeah. I don't know why it's assumed as a good thing.
Kind of like the Persona 5 situation. I'd rather have a season pass than pay what they are charging for everything individually.
Starlightmuse
Member
Yeah, what they said. It seems that many multiplayer games are forgoing season passes in favor of this.
Aztechnology
Member
I mean last I played they had monetized loot boxes which contained skins and planned to roll out vehicle skins and such.
Reading is hard.
JHoNNy1OoO
Member
Need a lot more info.
Collateral22
Member
Goinng the Titanfall 2 model then?
Lord of Castamere
Member
I really doubt that happens. Instead they'll double the micro transactions. Like I already have a bad felling about these Epic Abilities.
ZeroGravity
Member
Every game like this needs to follow the Overwatch model for post-release support.
If you only read that line and nothing else that follows by EA then sure. But EA were quick to step in and clarify what was said.
Then straight after EA Clarify that they aren't confirming anything.
Paid hero unlocks is my guess, which is infinitely better than paid maps that split the user base.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Yes. It usually takes a few months to add them in. I think they think not having them at launch is a better PR move. So usually 3-5 months. To their credit, Battlefront actually had the lightest Micros since Dice started doing them, but they bluntly said it wouldn't have them, yet they added them in anyway in the form of quick starts.
I'm not surprised they're doing this though. More money over time is always the better route.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Fantastic news if true. Season passes for these types of games can really ruin the flow of the game, leaving out the majority of its player base to older stale maps.
Because map packs locked behind a pay wall split the community and hurt the games longevity
Paid hero unlocks is my guess, which is infinitely better than paid maps that split the user base.
These are skins to note.
Salty Rice
Member
Great news!
No more locked content and instead gonna pay for cosmetics we have the choice if we need it.
No more locked content and instead gonna pay for cosmetics we have the choice if we need it.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Paid hero unlocks is my guess, which is infinitely better than paid maps that split the user base.
Yeah, paid maps is the WORST offender for online games. Stupid, stupid idea that some nincompoop came up with to generate "more money" because who cares if folks don't play the game and it's locked content, right?
Thank you Respawn and Ubisoft. Thank you for killing this fucking trend by showing a game can be equally successful without these shitty trends.