I am actually one of the people who had zero issues paying full price for the game.
For $3 I feel like it is an absolute no brainer.
For $3 I feel like it is an absolute no brainer.
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Division 2 for only $2.99 on all platforms ($5 for physical version)
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Mindshare.
People perceive a payed game going F2P as "Failure" .
If you give it a massive discount you are seen as a "Good guy trying to support your game even at a loss. Pumping new life into the community!!"
If you make it F2P after launch you are seen as "Desperate, trying to salvage this trainwreck of a game".
They saw the numbers, saw they couldn't get a whole lot more out of the base game... so now they are going to Upsell you on the Season passes. But i'll tell you this... The Division 3 might probably be F2P .
Honestly I'm suprised they didn't just negotiate with Sony to add it to the PS+ lineup next month or something if they wanted to drive up hype for the expansion.
You get some extra missions in the gold edition but all of the year 1 DLC is included with the base game. People with gold get the DLC a week earlier but if you're just getting in by the time you get to that point Episode 3 will probably be out and past the wait period for the base game.
Edit: Bottom line, don't buy the gold edition or the season pass for year 1. Especially if base is this cheap.
The Division 2 has some of the best environmental story telling in gaming. The cutscene story telling is standard, but the lore and world0building is off the charts good. You need to explore to find it all, but the good thing here is that the exploration in TD2 is amazing. The open world is well designed, full of activities, and has lots of cool hidden secret areas with locks you need to shoot off to gain access to, boxes to climb up to gain entry through windows, manhole covers to descend, and the loot you find in these areas is all meaningful (not like the usual filler crap you often get in loot games in the "patrol" areas).
Honestly, I didn't like the more grounded setting at first for the same reasons as you, but it really does pay off if you set out to explore the world and take it all in.
Wouldn't have given them their own news moment and it would only be on one platform. Making it $3 (essentially free) is a smarter move.
this is a post from like 2011
free to play does not have a stigma anymore
there have been plenty of successful paid game to free to play game transitions
Bought.
Thanks for impressions. I liked the first game. I've been playing WWZ which made me think about how fun the first game was, so i'm in for this one.
R$ 9 in Brazil (~2.5 US dollars)
What a steal lol got a review copy of the game and it is pretty decent, had a fun for a while.
What a steal lol got a review copy of the game and it is pretty decent, had a fun for a while.
Yep to that first paragraph, plus as others have said if a game goes fully F2P people question what was broken about it in the first place.
You and others refer to taking a small loss now. I'm sure that's not the case. It was probably very profitable on its first day of sale. Every sale after that is clear profit.
NBA 2k19 was the same last year, before 2k20 dropped. huge disocunt out of nowhere... expand the player base and hope for mtx and expansion sales.
Forgive me if im ignorant, but how does this work for PC play? If i buy it from Uplay, who do i get matched with, only other Uplay people, or EGS servers also?
Hey its Astro. I wonder if a lot of people from the Destiny 2 thread will dip into this and try it out.
All PC versions launch through Uplay. All PC players play together.
I paid $60 for it, I got a lot out of it with a group of friends, so I'm not mad at all.
If I have the physical edition for XBO, and have the season pass, the DLC should still work if I redeem a digital code, right?
Yeah, we all remember how smooth Destiny 2's ride was from launch to F2P ...........
There have been plenty of unsuccessful paid game to free to play game transitions
There have been plenty of a bunch of things into a bunch of another things some good things other bad things.
We can all agree that there have been, without a shadow of a doubt, many things.
Things have indeed happened.
The Stigma attached to the transition still exists.
Pc version is amazing, it doesn't compare with console version. another level
It's an underrated gem imo and a steal at that price. I have zero interest in the endgame raid and there is still a stack of content to explore.
- one of the most detailed open worlds in any game . I never get tired of searching every inch and admiring the details
- huge variety of creative settings for missions . aquariums, museums just to name a few
- one of the few looter shooters completely playable solo.
- some really interesting side tapes and videos that flesh out the world
Give it a shot people , whilst the snow in division is hard for top, Washington is equally impressive to look at .
- one of the most detailed open worlds in any game . I never get tired of searching every inch and admiring the details
- huge variety of creative settings for missions . aquariums, museums just to name a few
- one of the few looter shooters completely playable solo.
- some really interesting side tapes and videos that flesh out the world
Give it a shot people , whilst the snow in division is hard for top, Washington is equally impressive to look at .
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Free to play doesn't give any type of urgency to it though. When I hear free to play, I think cool, I'll check it out some time since it'll always be free and then most of the time I don't. A deal yells out this is a limited time offer so you better get it now. That does give you urgency and grabs your attention more.
It's a long ass game to play by yourself. Especially since the various factions are much more aggressive than TD1. You certainly can play it solo but I would recommend taking advantage of the matchmaking to at least make it more enjoyable.
Yep. It will work if season pass and base game is of the same region.
Why do you need to use VPN? Isn't the price store dependent?
Purchased at $2.99
I'm so glad I've fallen so behind on games. I don't see getting into next gen for at least a year or two.
I'm so glad I've fallen so behind on games. I don't see getting into next gen for at least a year or two.
I'm gonna wait til tomorrow if they apply the discount in my country, if not gonna grab the US version then.
