Watch Dogs 2's Season Pass is Crazy (And Not in a Good Way)

Do gamers think spending $40 on Watch Dogs 2's season pass seems a little ridiculous? What is with these high-priced season passes?

[jznrpg]

Screw that, I will wait for the GoTY edition or whatever they call it and ehen that goes on sale as well. It may be a couple years but I can wait

[UltraNova]

Good for you dude...but this is crazy...I mean after all the shit that happened with the first game you would think that Ubisoft had enough of the humble pie and that they would be more...generous and truthful?

Hell no!
https://gamerant.com/watch-...

If you need a goddamn spreadsheet to list your miriad special editions, season passes etc then you Sir(Ubisoft) just went full dark side on us.

I mean give us a break Ubi, EA and Activision are watching for crying out loud!

[Deadpooled]

6 different editions lol they've gone mad

[Derpy]

Ubisoft is as arrogant as they get. They deny anything is ever their own fault and blame the gamers. So they're not going to see the problems from the first game as something to learn from.

[Dee_91]

what pisses me off more than devs charging more money for stuff that should already be in the game is the people buying this crap. We need to come together and put an end to this greedy practice. It's gotten way worse over the years.

[AnubisG]

I'll be doing the same. Besides, all this hipster vibe the game has does not so it for me so I might not even pick this up at all. We will see.

Also, Battlefield season passes are usually $49.99 so this isn't new.

[WushuKnight19]

Also, Battlefield season passes are usually $49.99 so this isn't new.

So? Does that give them the right to keep doing it? What if the game turns out to be broken on release?

[AnubisG]

Well, actually they have the right to charge whatever they want for their product. So yes, they have the right.

The correct question is; are they moraly justified to charge that ammount. Maybe, maybe not. Depends on what will be in that package.

[geddesmond]

Yeah, I did that with the first watchdogs bro. Bought it for 10 euros on the store and played it for 30 minutes. It's garbage. Ubisoft have sucked pretty bad this generation. The last 2 games from them I enjoyed where AC2 and Far Cry 3. Major down slide with me since then.

As for the season pass prices. This is what I've started to do. I buy the main game and play that. If its a game I like then I'll finish and keep the main game. Then in 7-12 months after all DLC for that game releases I'll keep watch on the sales and buy the whole pass for 50-70% off. By then the game will be refreshed in my brain and i get to experience the full game the way it was originally visioned. If more people did that then these companies will either lower there season pass prices or never give sales but if something doesn't sell a company needs to make some money.

[LabRat]

My problem is if I wait 7-8months I'm most likely never coming back to the game. With the amount of games that get released and my ever extending backlog which some of those will already most likely never see the inside of my disc tray, once i take a break from a game I rarely return to it

[NicSage]

I'll wait for it on Humble Bundle.

[Gaming4Life1981]

lol that made me laugh as I will be doing the same......

[akurtz]

season pass on single player games 😒

[Deadpooled]

Seeing the number of editions of the game and the season pass made my reaction the same as that puppet on Fundle Bundle talking to Michael Scott. Effin rip off!

[Blaze929]

It's getting crazy this generation. Sometimes feels like a slap in the face.

[JackBNimble]

It is a slap in the face so don't support this crap by not buying the seasons pass. I also won't be buying this game either until ubi can prove that they can make quality games because all they have done lately is shit the bed.

[MonsterChef]

I hate to sound old, but these are the reasons I haven enjoyed this generation. I get games that feel half-hearted and flat and I am expected to pay more on top of it to get the "complete" experience. This is the result of paying for horse armour and paying for maps a 12 years ago. I remember hearing people state that if you can't afford the add-ons you shouldn't even be playing games, and I always stated that that isn't the case, if we pay for this stuff now they'll make us pay for little things.

[yezz]

@MonsterChef

It has definitely gotten out of hand and the situation is really annoying as a gamer. I only get season passes when I know they're gonna deliver(Witcher 3) so this isn't usually a problem but then there are games like Battlefield 1. I absolutely love the game but it has a ridiculously small amount of maps. There will be 16 new maps in the future which is great but the season pass costs like €50..... It's really hard not to buy it since I love the game but the price is just laughable.

[DivoJones]

Look, publishers (especially Ubisoft) are going to push for DLC like this every time because there's enough suckers who keep paying it. So the answer: DON'T BUY IT. Ubisoft season passes are the worst. At least when they started this nonsense with Assassins Creed, there were missions you'd get (albeit ripped from the main story) .. this one is skins, a gun, a car, and a Co-Op difficulty? Good god. None of this affects the core game.. if you have $40 and are considering the season pass, maybe donate it to a good cause, or buy a Christmas present for a family member.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Suckers? I'm sorry but the Gaming Community could not keep trying to demonize all consumers.

Reality if somebody finds it of a value, thus they pay for it....

That's it. Stop worrying about how other people spend their money.

[OB1Biker]

I agree and it's the same thing for many games, I hate when people call others names and tell them how they must spend their own money because they have a different view.
I totally understand passion for a game even though for me this will be a definite....pass

[MilkMan]

Problem, is the actions of some affect all. Our actions are acocunted for and affect teh whole. Its simply how it is.

[Phunkydiabetic1]

Exactly. OH NO THE SEASON PASS IS $40!! Who gives a shit, if you don't like it then don't buy it.

[DragonKnight]

You have to worry about how others spend their money because, like laws, they set precedents. People with poor spending habits will affect product quality and ruin it for people who actually care about good quality products and not being gouged.

[pompombrum]

^^^ Worrying about spending habits effecting quality of gaming products? That ship sailed years ago.. this article highlights that perfectly unfortunately.

[_-EDMIX-_]

@milk-" Problem, is the actions of some affect all."

That's nice.

Do you think I honestly buy games for the sake of the community? Something is deeply wrong if you guys honest to God believe that people are purchasing games because of this reason, it doesn't make any sense , are you willing to purchase a bad game simply because the company is nice?

People purchase Things based on wanting it..

I understand that those actions affect everybody else but that is the point of the market. If the majority are okay with it and feel it is a value, then that is the way the market is going to turn it's a simple as that.

So what is your solution? Kill the majority? Help me understand what you even think a solution to something like this is?

[rocketpanda]

It is inexcusable when thick headed gamers fork out for season passes for minimal content. Publishers have seen how shallow many gamers are so they have no qualms about cutting game content and selling it off at later days included in season passes.

Sure spend your money how you want, doesn't mean the practice of season passes is a good one. $60 is now the base price of a title where spending $100 upwards gives you the full content because that is how they sell games now.

[_-EDMIX-_]

@rock- let's just say for argument's sake that this company is as evil as you think it is why would they ever even give you that content if a season pass never existed in the first place?

So if they were going to charge you suddenly they are going to give it to you for free if the season pass the failed?

The issue about this is the people who assume that this content was ever going to be in the final game always seem to think the success of the season pass has something to do with the removal of the contact but if the company is truly this evil why on Earth would they then give you the same content for free if the season pass failed? So they lost money now they're going to proceed to lose even more money?

I'm truly not trying to be facetious, I'm merely trying to show you the logic of what you're trying to say doesn't really make any sense because the same company you're talking about in regards to being evil doesn't also sound like the same company that was ever going to give you that content in the main game in the first place.

downloadable content is not an afterthought anymore, it is not something that is merely being done late in the game, it is something that is being done deliberate and budgeted for which means that content was never going to be given to you for free in the first place.

What you define as "full" is subjective. You're never really going to know what that entails.

CD projekt Red created a series of downloadable content which easily this generation is going to Define how people feel about downloadable content in regards to a positive sense , could someone not argue that the full game of The Witcher 3 technically includes that downloadable content?

Could someone not argue that The Witcher 3 removed content to be sold later on? The reality is this could be claimed about every title to ever release with post-launch content.

I'm sorry but I just don't see it as a big issue because you're never even going to know what the final game is in regards to the actual development.

Anything you want as an extra is clearly going to cost for some developers that feel their content has a value.

How you feel about that content in regards to its value is as subjective as the game itself.

In terms of cut content that's always going to be a touchy subject because legally you don't even own that content to say anything is actually "cut". How could content be cut from you that was never legally yours in the first place?

For argument's sake let's say that the first 10 missions in Red Dead Redemption 2 were actually removed from the first Red Dead Redemption.

Did they legally owe you anything? Are you going to be rioting in the streets because of this? Companies are essentially free to copy paste cut remove whatever they feel like it from their actual games. It is their actual games first and foremost illegally. Even that being said I actually do not believe that is how the majority of downloadable content is created especially considering these companies are budgeting and even having completely separate teams creating downloadable content now, put it this way it was never going to be in the final game simply because these companies intend to make a return and they're not going to be spending money if they don't get anything back in return.

ie it's not being made if it's not going to be sold separately in the first

[georeo]

I think it's cause the pre_orders are way lower then the first game. The first games season pass was only $24 99.

[Gaming4Life1981]

why would they raise the season pass if pre orders are lower?

[georeo]

More money of course

[KillZallthebeast]

Georeo is clearly a master of sales

[Name Last Name]

lol

[Liqu1d]

If that was the case then lowering the price or offering free DLC would attract more customers.

[georeo]

It's ubisoft here

[BlackWolf12]

Battlefield 1 season pass is almost $80 AUD. EVEN MORE THAN THE GAME WAS!!!! I can't understand how they can justify it.

[EazyC]

Just in Australia, and it's 12 MP maps, new factions , vehicles and weapons. Now, for someone that plays BF a lot I think that's absolutely fine, as it's quality content.

This, however, is a joke.

[SlightlyRetarted]

Yep, BF3 and 4 season passes have proven that they will deliver metric shit ton of actual content to the game. And they were not some cookie cutter maps, but even better than the main game had. 10 euros per DLC in season pass is just great price/content value. But i can understand the hate if EA overprices season pass on some regions.

[yezz]

It's also 55 dollars in most European countries I think.. BF season passes have pretty good content but surely it's still overpriced if you have to pay almost a full game price for it..

[Ricegum]

People forget that because it's Battlefield. This is Watch Dogs so the current trend is to hate it.

[EazyC]

Chalk and cheese though, read what the actual "content" entails, and playtime even a dedicated fan/completionist could spend on each. Mere hours vs. very possibly days.

[Good-Smurf]

That's why I hold back,I spent too much on Battlefield games twice,BF3 and 4 I will not do it with BF1.

[spicelicka]

They don't need to justify it, idiot gamers justify it for them.

[BrandanT]

That's about 40 USD, right?

[_-EDMIX-_]

I honestly don't know.

It just depends on the game. The biggest issue I have with articles like this is people continuously just generalize the practice and they need to understand but how Gamers feel about this basically depends on the game itself. If you like Watch Dogs will probably be perfectly fine with getting its extra content.

If Watch Dogs 2 is a once-over for you and you don't care that much for the series then this might be a no buy or even to wait and see.

[opinionated]

All Ubisoft games do that... They have the standard, mid tier and 100 dollar season pass bundle. Why do they do this? People buy them. Check in the PS4 store, for honor, tom Clancy wild lands and a few others have the same options. that's just their model now apparently.

[MrsNesbitt]

That's obscene! so £45.00 for the actual game and then another £30.00 for season pass. Naff off!!! five extra story missions, more co-op modes (which should be included anyway) and some new outfits. Ridiculous. I'll avoid this game wholeheartedly now.

[kindkinesis]

Ubisoft being too greedy again. great article

[Yohshida]

After Watch Dogs 1 and The Division, I rather wait for a big Sale before picking this game up

[JoeDG]

Dont support this Shit..speak with your wallet..Thats the only thing Companies understand

[InMyOpinion]

Not impressed by what I've seen from this game. And this season pass BS makes it a definite no-buy imo. Lots of other titles coming out that are more worthy purchases.

[Ricegum]

I'm highly impressed by this game. It looks like a huge step up from the first. Makes me wonder what you do get impressed by.

[InMyOpinion]

Great gameplay and original game design, mostly. I finished the first one and enjoyed it quite a bit despite its flaws. Since then lots better open world games have been released and right now I'm suffering somewhat from open world fatigue, so I'll give this a pass for now.

Also, imo the character design is cringeworthy.

[starrman1985]

Companies are just getting worse and worse in regards to these passes and the quality of the content seems to also be going worse and worse.. price goes up, quality goes down.

I am happy to pay for these things when he content is as rich as say, Witcher 3, but man.... I'd love to have it out in one of their meetings going over pricing...

[Artemidorus]

Pay the fee millennials you supported it now get on with it

[masterfox]

So the real game will be released next year, the complete edition I mean.

[WushuKnight19]

They should've taken Titanfall 2's approach. It seems they haven't learned their damn lesson here.

[SonyWarrior]

i wont buy this game at all because of the main character i think game devs should learn how much main character matters after this and mafia 3 under perform

[Star51]

What about the main character in this game can be learned from the main character in Mafia 3? They are two completely different games from different places in time.

[Sm3000]

Imo, I'd rather see all AAA games sold at 80, and that's it. All dlc is free.
That's so never happening, but I'd be down with it

[SojournUK]

Ubisoft...I'm not suprised tbh

[GrimmyReaper]

Hey Ubisoft.
How about no?

Now, instead of giving support, I'll just wait for a GOTY edition on G2A. 4 bucks is all you get from me at this point

[SegaGamer]

For the full content of this one game, it's not that far off being the price of a console. DLC and it's prices are getting worse and worse. Look at DLC back in 2006 and compare each year after the other up to this year, you will see just how ridiculous it has become. They are making complete mugs of gamers, but a lot of gamers are too stupid to see it.

I really do wish DLC never took off when the 360 was released in 2005, it's become a cancer to gaming.

[cfc83]

I don't care really. I'd rather people who buy this got their outfits and other insignificant add ons, as opposed to something decent.

[ILikeGamesYeah]

Pretty ironic that this article about money grabbing is on the most ad spammed site I've seen

[Nathan_Hale53]

I plan not to get it, just like the first one.

[MeteorPanda]

ubisoft is worried about vivendi buying more of their shares saying stuff like it will impend on their core integrity as game developers...

..what like 6 collectors editions? I hope vivendi buys out ubisoft

[cyx]

Yeah the season pass is overpriced and disappointing. It might have been passable if they gave us a proper dlc expansion like watchdogs 1 where we can play as Raymond kenny aka tbone except they could of made wrench playable this time around , which would of possibly added a more lethal/destructive playstyle given wrench is the anarchist he is. But no ubi shot themselves in the foot yet again. Smh

[ToneBlanco]

Everything in the Bay Area is more expensive. We have 1 bedroom apartments for $3000+ in Silicon Valley

[subtenko]

Go full No Mans Sky angry with this yall....Im waiting

[Segata]

Another over-hyped crap Ubisoft AAA game that will sell a bunch then be forgotten a month later. Some people fall for the same trap every time.

[Maximilliam]

Complain all we want, there will still be idiots who would pay for it.

[MasterD919]

I'm skipping this and spending that money on ME: Andromeda.

[zuzzyb]

I've never bought a season pass and I never will.

[its_JEFF]

I don't mind price if the content justifies it... doesn't seem justified. I'm interesting in this game, but I'll wait for reviews. I personally no longer buy season passes, unless the add-on content releases soon after the game releases. I found that by the time the add-on content releases I'm no longer even playing the game.

[optimus]

this doesn't affect me at all since i don't buy season passes for anything. even if it were $10 i wouldn't buy it. it's just extra stuff that you don't really need to finish the game. if it's $5 bucks down the line then i would consider it but by then watch dogs 3 will be out.

[3-4-5]

season pass for what?

It makes sense with FPS games and map packs and that is about it.

WD screwing themselves again.

[alfcrippinjr]

got the game on pre order bought it on amazon when they had the games deal
look forward to it
its a shame they did not keep the other guy from the watch dog and let the story connect up
as for season pass fook that

[Ashby_JC]

Did UBI not see the backlash EVOLVE got for having way to many editions and season passes before the game released?

[About30Ninjas]

Why spend $40 for this pathetic dlc when $40 can get me a 2 hr lap dance from a stripper

[iTechHeads]

This game will be the 2nd biggest flop of the year.(behind Titanfall 2)

[CrimzonRazor]

Never understood why people whine about stuff like this if you dont want it or like it then dont buy it, if enough people dont buy it they will stop doing it. You could just wait til it goes on sell super cheap and it will they always do.