ReginaldXIV
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This.
They never stop selling season passes. So it's best to wait for everything to release and then see if it's worth it to buy.
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What's the deal with Season Passes?
- Thread starter Fury Sense
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This.
They never stop selling season passes. So it's best to wait for everything to release and then see if it's worth it to buy.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Uhhh why is everyone saying "it's a pre-order" or "it's a waste of money" or "you don't know what you'll get"? You do realize you can buy a season pass after all the DLCs are released, and wait for reviews and stuff, right?
Some season passes are not worth it. Others definitely are. It really depends on the game, but pre-ordering a season pass is like a pre-ordering any game; potentially foolish unless you really trust the devs to give you something worth your money.
Some season passes are not worth it. Others definitely are. It really depends on the game, but pre-ordering a season pass is like a pre-ordering any game; potentially foolish unless you really trust the devs to give you something worth your money.
QuantumSquid
Member
Until all the DLC is out and you then buy the Season Pass to get it all for cheaper than each piece of it would be individually.
TheSpoiler
Member
Damn, still seems people in this very thread are out of the loop when it comes to seasons passes as well.
Yes, season passes are sold prior to the release date, and you don't always know what's in it (Fallout 4) or the quality. But you can also buy the season pass once all the DLC is out and has been played by other people.
Season passes sometimes cover a lot of the DLC, but not all of it.
Season passes generally offer the consumer a bundled, cheaper price than if bought separately. The purpose is if the consumer plans to buy the DLC bundled inside already, it would work out to be cheaper, but they have to buy this pack upfront. There are exceptions.
While it's a great way to sell DLC to people without them actually trying it, being remotely savvy like my first point enables you to save and avoid doing Day 1 with season passes.
As always, do your research and determine if it fits your needs or not!
Yes, season passes are sold prior to the release date, and you don't always know what's in it (Fallout 4) or the quality. But you can also buy the season pass once all the DLC is out and has been played by other people.
Season passes sometimes cover a lot of the DLC, but not all of it.
Season passes generally offer the consumer a bundled, cheaper price than if bought separately. The purpose is if the consumer plans to buy the DLC bundled inside already, it would work out to be cheaper, but they have to buy this pack upfront. There are exceptions.
While it's a great way to sell DLC to people without them actually trying it, being remotely savvy like my first point enables you to save and avoid doing Day 1 with season passes.
As always, do your research and determine if it fits your needs or not!
SenatorBot
Member
Season passes are also a good way to see how much to invest on a DLC for a game I think.
If a game has high season pass sales, they can afford to release more game content. If there was low interest, they'll just drop in some skins or weapons/items and call it a day. Of course not all season passes are like this and the best ones give you an idea of what they're gonna make before they announce a season pass.
If a game has high season pass sales, they can afford to release more game content. If there was low interest, they'll just drop in some skins or weapons/items and call it a day. Of course not all season passes are like this and the best ones give you an idea of what they're gonna make before they announce a season pass.
joecanada
Member
Agreed, beware of seasons pass literally being a " season " or time limited lol.
I bought LE of destiny thinking it covered all dlc but nope only covers first year content. Couldn't throw that shit out fast enough. Had fun initially but that's about 40 bucks worth of content for 99
Omegabalmung9
Member
neverknowsbest
Member
I'm curious about the season passes people have actually bought with their own money. Which were worth it and which were duds?
I got:
Uncharted 2, $25, dud, mostly got it for extra coop levels to play with my gf and that never happened
COD: BO2, $40, worth it, it extended the life of the game for a full year
COD: AW, $50, same as above, I was playing AW til BO3 released
Driveclub, $25, worth it, a ton of content and I kept playing the game for 6 months
I got Arkham Knight with season pass from the Amazon glitch but I haven't played it yet and it's looking like it's not worth it.
Overall I think season passes can be good, you just have to be choosy about it, maybe wait til have the DLC is out to see what it's like. I was really disappointed with ND for uncharted 2's.
I got:
Uncharted 2, $25, dud, mostly got it for extra coop levels to play with my gf and that never happened
COD: BO2, $40, worth it, it extended the life of the game for a full year
COD: AW, $50, same as above, I was playing AW til BO3 released
Driveclub, $25, worth it, a ton of content and I kept playing the game for 6 months
I got Arkham Knight with season pass from the Amazon glitch but I haven't played it yet and it's looking like it's not worth it.
Overall I think season passes can be good, you just have to be choosy about it, maybe wait til have the DLC is out to see what it's like. I was really disappointed with ND for uncharted 2's.
Season passes has helped me stop buying games day one and saved me a lot of money, as I hate re-playing games and I don't want to miss out on any content.
So whenever a season pass is announced I know for sure that I have to wait about a year before I buy the game. Usually the game can be found at a heavy discount by then.
So whenever a season pass is announced I know for sure that I have to wait about a year before I buy the game. Usually the game can be found at a heavy discount by then.
Phoenix944
Member
lol, welcome back OP.
I think season passes are cool, once all DLC are out and you know what's in it (and when they're on sale). But yea, don't preorder that...
I think season passes are cool, once all DLC are out and you know what's in it (and when they're on sale). But yea, don't preorder that...
Makoto-Yuki
Banned
pony up the price and you get access to all dlc released. maybe at a discount.
battlefield games now have Premium which cost about the same as the game itself and you get 4 dlc packs. what you get is new maps/weapons/assignments/game modes. what i don't like about is that you feel forced to buy it because if you don't own it then you are separated from the rest of the players. so if you want the full game and experience then it's gonna cost about £80.
the witcher 3 season pass is £20 and you get access to 2 expansions offering another 30 hours of gameplay on top of the base game which needs about 100 hours at least. if you buy the season pass it'll offer a discount. the first expansion cost £8 right now. the second one is gonna be twice as large at least so i'd expect it to cost about £15-20.
some are good value and some are a rip off. for example, fallout 4's right now is £25 but for all we know that could be a bunch of small DLC's or huge expansions. bethesda told us they don't know what they are doing yet.
i think they are OK if they offer a discount and it's made totally clear what you get.
battlefield games now have Premium which cost about the same as the game itself and you get 4 dlc packs. what you get is new maps/weapons/assignments/game modes. what i don't like about is that you feel forced to buy it because if you don't own it then you are separated from the rest of the players. so if you want the full game and experience then it's gonna cost about £80.
the witcher 3 season pass is £20 and you get access to 2 expansions offering another 30 hours of gameplay on top of the base game which needs about 100 hours at least. if you buy the season pass it'll offer a discount. the first expansion cost £8 right now. the second one is gonna be twice as large at least so i'd expect it to cost about £15-20.
some are good value and some are a rip off. for example, fallout 4's right now is £25 but for all we know that could be a bunch of small DLC's or huge expansions. bethesda told us they don't know what they are doing yet.
i think they are OK if they offer a discount and it's made totally clear what you get.
Chû Totoro
Member
Give me 25$ and in 2016 I'll give you answers.
maybe not the ones you want, maybe not the right ones, maybe broken answers but you'll get something... eventually
Individually the 6 characters will be about $6 each according to Capcom so you're already saving $6 buying the season pass. The season pass also comes with a premium costume for the characters which is $4 each.
I have one question who have issues with pre ordering season pass because "they don't know what it is". Do you feel the same way for pre ordering games? Do you believe they are a blight that we need to get rid of just like you do for season passes?
Because if you answer this by saying "But we get pre release media for the main game", that's not a valid answer because pre release media only shows parts of the game while no one knows what the main game will be about and will have. The pre release media is meant to show you how the game plays...and that's that, it doesn't tell you anything else really that is substantial enough to make a difference (in most cases). It doesn't show you all the levels, characters, plot points that will be involved in the game.
And I what I wanna ask is, how does that make pre ordering DLC any different? You are preordering something which you know how it's going to play in terms of gameplay but you don't know what else it will have...pretty much the same as main game, yet people pre order the main game and there is no such scrutiny involved, it seems.
I just think it's ridiculous to scrutinise something optional (which is usually sold at a discount when bought bundled), especially when there is another option on top of that of waiting for there views to buy it when it is available...again just like the main game !!
Because if you answer this by saying "But we get pre release media for the main game", that's not a valid answer because pre release media only shows parts of the game while no one knows what the main game will be about and will have. The pre release media is meant to show you how the game plays...and that's that, it doesn't tell you anything else really that is substantial enough to make a difference (in most cases). It doesn't show you all the levels, characters, plot points that will be involved in the game.
And I what I wanna ask is, how does that make pre ordering DLC any different? You are preordering something which you know how it's going to play in terms of gameplay but you don't know what else it will have...pretty much the same as main game, yet people pre order the main game and there is no such scrutiny involved, it seems.
I just think it's ridiculous to scrutinise something optional (which is usually sold at a discount when bought bundled), especially when there is another option on top of that of waiting for there views to buy it when it is available...again just like the main game !!
InsaneTiger
Member
Fallout 4 has a $30 they want you to buy. But last I heard even Bethesda had no idea what DLC they would actually make for the SP. So that is a no buy right there.
I have bought every single COD game since the first MW (skipped on the first Blops) and this year it's the first time I bought a COD Season pass.
You always know what you get with COD, so that's great. It's always 4 mp maps and a zombie map per map pack. Sometimes you get a new weapon too, but I think with the first Blops 3 map pack, there isn't a new weapon unfortunately.
To date I have only gotten two season passes, first was Driveclub and the second Blops 3.
SmartWaffles
Member
The online pass of this generation.
IonicSnake
Banned
You're buying the promise that you'll eventually get some dlc at a discounted price. Best thing to do is to wait and see what that dlc actually is before buying any season pass, especially when that season pass will always be there.
InsaneTiger
Member
The best part about it from a publisher POV is that they win either way. Sell the DLC separately or sell the SP discount for all DLC. Win, win.
*with the exception of Borderlands and Dark Souls/Witcher 3 DLC.
Driveclub
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Many people are saying that the Fallout 4 season pass is a safe bet.
Me? I am not so sure.
Seasons passes are clearly getting abused at this point by the publisher.
I still maintain that in terms of value, its hard to argue that Borderlands 2 offered the best value. It had 4 $10 DLC packs for $30, which was an excellent deal. With the possible exception of Hammerlock, all of those packs were easily worth $10.
What I am seeing with Season passes is that publishers now seem to be overcharging for the standalone DLC so that they can use that to argue that the season pass is worth more.
Case in point, Bioshock Infinite. Both of the DLC episodes were $15 a piece, but the season pass was $20 and it also included a horde mode DLC that few really enjoyed. Now, it was a great value overall, but still I feared it was a sign of things to come.
Ubisoft also did this, but offered much much less.
What I am afraid of with the Fallout 4 DLC is that it will be 4 half assed DLC packs that wouldn't be worth $10 by themselves.
But I digress, really truly its just safer to pay for the season pass once all the DLC is out OR the content already out is good enough to justify the cost and anything further would be a bonus.
Me? I am not so sure.
Seasons passes are clearly getting abused at this point by the publisher.
I still maintain that in terms of value, its hard to argue that Borderlands 2 offered the best value. It had 4 $10 DLC packs for $30, which was an excellent deal. With the possible exception of Hammerlock, all of those packs were easily worth $10.
What I am seeing with Season passes is that publishers now seem to be overcharging for the standalone DLC so that they can use that to argue that the season pass is worth more.
Case in point, Bioshock Infinite. Both of the DLC episodes were $15 a piece, but the season pass was $20 and it also included a horde mode DLC that few really enjoyed. Now, it was a great value overall, but still I feared it was a sign of things to come.
Ubisoft also did this, but offered much much less.
What I am afraid of with the Fallout 4 DLC is that it will be 4 half assed DLC packs that wouldn't be worth $10 by themselves.
But I digress, really truly its just safer to pay for the season pass once all the DLC is out OR the content already out is good enough to justify the cost and anything further would be a bonus.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
It's very different from pre-ordering a game, because most people have enough information about the game at that point to make an informed purchasing decision.
With DLC you are often completely clueless as to what DLC you might get. In the case of Fallout 4, whats to say that one of those DLC's isn't just some cheaply thrown together arena horde mode that Bethesda just slaps on a $10 pricetag and justifies it as part of the Season pass? I can't speak for everybody, but I am inclinded to believe that most people wouldn't be interested in some cheaply thrown together arena. Or whats to say that another DLC isn't just some new housebuilding location (like Hearthfire).
In short season passes give developers/publishers an excuse to be lazy.
For season passes, there has been enough recent precedent to suggest that publishers are starting to be lazy with them. The perfect comparison in terms of value are the season passes comparing Borderlands 2 and Borderlands The Presequel. The former offered 4 $10 DLC episodes, while the latter offered 2 additional characters a very poorly done arena battledome AND a very good Claptrap DLC episode for $30. Most people purchasing that season pass expected content similar to what they got for BL2. BL:TPS was a $30 season pass that had one great piece of content that was padded out by three other mediocre pieces of content.
Arkham Knight is another example in which there was a lot of lazy content to padout the meat content to give the illusion of value.
There are three types of "Season Passes":
In the case of Battlefront, you're basically buying the game all over again (very expensive pass) for content that should have been included at retail.
In the case of Arkham Knight, you're paying for costumes and worthless 45 minute vignettes that add nothing to the game.
In the case of The Witcher 3, you're buying content that pads the game to ridiculous extremes, but at least you're getting what you paid for and then some.
I'm hoping Fallout 4's DLC is more Witcher 3 than Arkham Knight, but we'll see.
In the case of Battlefront, you're basically buying the game all over again (very expensive pass) for content that should have been included at retail.
In the case of Arkham Knight, you're paying for costumes and worthless 45 minute vignettes that add nothing to the game.
In the case of The Witcher 3, you're buying content that pads the game to ridiculous extremes, but at least you're getting what you paid for and then some.
I'm hoping Fallout 4's DLC is more Witcher 3 than Arkham Knight, but we'll see.
Not Borderlands Presequel. I guess 2K decided to dispense with providing season pass value in the Borderlands franchise based on the content of the Presequel season pass.