I've been out of the loop since Hitman Absolution, how do these newer games work with the release of content? I just picked up hitman 1 goty, when this game originally released, how did they roll out each level/content, did they launch the game with just the first level?
Hitman 1 was episodic, releasing a map every other month?
Hitman 2 was a complete game, which had 2 DLC maps that came later
Hitman 3 again will be a complete game at launch - no word on DLC maps yet. Maybe not this time as it'll be the completion of the story. (All previous maps including the DLC have been a continuation of the story.)
The episodic nature of Hitman 1 really hurt their sales (as i guess everyone waits for the complete game), but then at some point they tried giving away the first map of hitman 1 (Paris) for free, like a trial where you can then purchase the full game, and it did crazy numbers.
They must be making an absolute killing now as i can't imagine anyone buying hitman 3 without picking up the old levels.
I would if they'll do something similar with the James bond license and 5-10 years from now we'll have a trilogy of bond games all in the same package. Hope so