Matt Trovalli of Gamers Heroes writes:
The trend of Season Passes in the world of gaming is only becoming more standard. If you don't know what a season pass is, generally, they guarantee access to DLC (Downloadable Content) for whichever game the pass was purchased for. For example, Ubisoft recently released a Watch Dogs DLC that adds 3 missions and a few guns and player customization options. Now, this DLC is selling standalone for $6.99 without the season pass, or players who purchased the season pass for $19.99 get access to the DLC a week early and also get it "free". Free meaning they don't have to pay the additional $6.99 because they bought the season pass for $20. The trend of "Season Passes" is definitely something I wouldn't mind seeing an end to. Here's why I'm against the concept of a season pass and why you may want to think before you buy.
Hanzala from eXputer: "With Ubisoft's practices becoming increasingly anti-consumer lately, the destruction of The Sands of Time Remake looks almost inevitable."
Hey Ubi, here's a gun, don't shoot yourself in the foot.
*Ubi takes gun, aims at foot, empties clip*
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Man the industry just keeps on going with all this bs and to think this is ubisoft again remember what happened with that skull bones team same crap.
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This game will be tossed out broken unplolished with a bloated budget trying to be cod but will fail sense ubi can get there shit in order. If i was me i would have gotten rid of this boys club asap there is alot looking for work out there.
Every industry has these issues
Some companies I’ve worked for were great and some were toxic as hell (UPS when I was a teenager was extremely toxic and I have heard it still is) It all starts at the top. They either hold people accountable , set standards and treat people with respect or the crap rolls downhill.
I agree that season passes are abit of a scam. I mean look at Battelfiled Premium. You're basically paying £100 for the full game. £60 for the original and £40 for premium.
However, with the industry getting high off DLC, I can't see the practice stopping anytime soon unfortunately. Especially as some games do offer very good DLC/Season Passes. Games like Bioshock Infinite and TLOU which offer extra episodes as well as other content I don't really have a problem with.
I usually dont buy them unless its something like Battlefield or Halo. Something that I know I'll come back to in between other games. Most games I just usually get tired of before the 2nd or 3rd DLC is released, so season passes usually aren't worth it for me.
Bought my one and only with borderlands 2 and wasn't happy. Never buying one again. L:e the dlc come out and than we will see, too many times the dlc isn't worth it anyway
also its pretty sad that a game developer usually has a separate team doing DLC while the main game is in development.
but the other side or atleast the argument i hear all the time is this. Well now games are supported long after release as to where once you were done with the game before that was it
I am a single player gamer so if something comes along than i am interested
I bought one for Resogun recently, though it was more reasonable at $8. That's the only one I recall ever buying. Microsoft made the charge-em-for-everything idea popular. These greedy pubs and devs aren't gonna stop anytime soon, as long as people buy it - they'll dish it out.