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PSA: You can play Starfield 5 days early for $31

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$31 to play early and you don't even get to own the game...

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Three

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You are equating buying into a whole different console eco system as the same as buying just an add on to a game and hardware you already have access to. :messenger_tears_of_joy:

I'm done my man. Moving on.
No but that's the difference you're trying to push rather than concentrating on the fact that the analogy is based on the fact that content is "withheld" and sold for a specific SKU and them not giving it on a specific SKU and trying to influence spending isn't a "good to have option" but just withheld content you can choose to influence your spending or not. Withheld being a word you choose to freely use there but have a problem with using elsewhere even though the official "release date" for all SKUs can be said to be the same for all COD content too and the PS version is sold as "early access" to that content in much the same way. You fail to see the analogy though. If it makes you feel better assume the player has multiple consoles, now it's a "good to have option" right? To be able to buy that SKU and get early access to that content which totally can't be called 'withheld' otherwise you're off your rockers because nothing has been withheld and everything is as promised. It was always promised at a later date right? as the actual official "release date" is later they can choose to wait and not buy that SKU or console, it's a user-choice, amazing. so they can choose to get it when it officially releases everywhere there too as you keep trying to shill in this case.
 
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I'm probably not going to play it for a while, already learned with oblivion, skyrim and the fallouts.

Lol, I would argue back with "my gpu will surely play the game at 60fps" but that's besides the point. I was just laughing at the idea of playing a bethsoft game earlier than one should, knowing how their releases for the past 15 years have been

This one’s been publicly delayed for nearly a whole year, and so the general consensus and expectation is that this will be the least buggy game BGS has ever put out in the modern era. We’ll see how that turns out.. it’s been in development for a very long time
 


IKR, it's a choice of whether or not you are interested in playing a game a few days early or not and if you are is that worth $30 to you. Once the 5 days is past there is no further benefit to the early access for anybody, whether you pay $99 or get the addon for the GP version.

The addon content and things like that is a little different, but even that comes back to buyer choice and whether or not the user thinks they will use the content during the time they have GP.

It's just a really confused argument overall, because do people not realize that it's normal for gamers to spend money in free 2 play games? Games that can and are shutdown with barely any notice. 🤷‍♂️
 

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Do you have GP because of the free games, but want to pay for the game too? Do you have less patience than a gnat that has a few hours left to live?

Step right this way, have we got a deal for you! Ker-ching.
 
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Three

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IKR, it's a choice of whether or not you are interested in playing a game a few days early or not and if you are is that worth $30 to you. Once the 5 days is past there is no further benefit to the early access for anybody, whether you pay $99 or get the addon for the GP version.
This has always been the case though, it's a free market and you can charge what people are willing to pay but it's the fact that this attempt to increase revenue by just unlocking the game earlier for higher paying users is being turned into a "good to have more options" when it's not really particularly a good thing but just a way to increase revenue. If EA for example bumped their game price to $80 and said "1 month later it's going to have a price reduction to $70 and that's what we will call the official 'day one' release date but you can play it now early for $80" would people be saying cool more options? Because that's essentially what's happening. Sure it's your choice whether you want to buy the $80 game and play earlier but lets not pretend they're doing anybody a favour by giving people "options", it's more a revenue driver to get people to pay more to be able to play earlier.
 
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This has always been the case though, it's a free market and you can charge what people are willing to pay but it's the fact that this attempt to increase revenue by just unlocking the game earlier for higher paying users is being turned into a "good to have more options" when it's not really particularly a good thing but just a way to increase revenue. If EA for example bumped their game price to $80 and said "1 month later it's going to have a price reduction to $70 and that's what we will call the official 'day one' release date but you can play it now early for $80" would people be saying cool more options? Because that's essentially what's happening. Sure it's your choice whether you want to buy the $80 game and play earlier but lets not pretend they're doing anybody a favour by giving people "options", it's more a revenue driver to get people to pay more to be able to play earlier.
It also comes with dlc that standalone might be $25-30

You are getting more than 5 days early
 

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I did this with Forza horizon 5 as well. Paid $30 and played the game early and got all the dlc. But yeah, if you aren't subscribed you can't play lol. But I have gp till 2025, and at this point, I want to keep it until forever lol. So it's a no brainier for someone like me. Regular price for starfield premium edition is like $100. But if you are a gp sub and think you will stay as one, totally worth it for $31 in my mind

But you already got 70$ covered by the fact that you get the base game in your sub.
 

Ozriel

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This has always been the case though, it's a free market and you can charge what people are willing to pay but it's the fact that this attempt to increase revenue by just unlocking the game earlier for higher paying users is being turned into a "good to have more options" when it's not really particularly a good thing but just a way to increase revenue. If EA for example bumped their game price to $80 and said "1 month later it's going to have a price reduction to $70 and that's what we will call the official 'day one' release date but you can play it now early for $80" would people be saying cool more options? Because that's essentially what's happening. Sure it's your choice whether you want to buy the $80 game and play earlier but lets not pretend they're doing anybody a favour by giving people "options", it's more a revenue driver to get people to pay more to be able to play earlier.

This is giving people options to pay for the Premium edition. You can either buy it outright at $99 or pay an upgrade fee to convert a Standard purchase to premium. That is the choice and option he's talking about.

You're just being disingenuous by circling back to complaining about Early Access.
 
Of course people are jumping in to defend this bullshit.

If they make enough money like this it will probably become a standard for big new releases. Let's hope it stays at a couple of days and doesn't end up a couple of weeks.
Nobody defends it when it's diablo because when anyone does it it's scummy . But when it's Xbox, it's played down as good to have options.
 

Ozriel

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Of course people are jumping in to defend this bullshit.

If they make enough money like this it will probably become a standard for big new releases. Let's hope it stays at a couple of days and doesn't end up a couple of weeks.

It's already a near standard for big new releases with extra content.

Hogwarts Legacy, MLB The Show, Forza Horizon, Battlefield, Call of Duty, Mortal Kombat 1, Diablo 4, EA FC...
 

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Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Nobody defends it when it's diablo because when anyone does it it's scummy . But when it's Xbox, it's played down as good to have options.

Can you point out who is defending here and talked shit about it in other examples, or is this just another drive-by ?

Of course people are jumping in to defend this bullshit.

If they make enough money like this it will probably become a standard for big new releases. Let's hope it stays at a couple of days and doesn't end up a couple of weeks.


A lot of big releases already do this, pretty much already a standard.


It's already a near standard for big new releases with extra content.

Hogwarts Legacy, MLB The Show, Forza Horizon, Battlefield, Call of Duty, Mortal Kombat 1, Diablo 4, EA FC...


Add Baldur's Gate 3 to the list. Pre-ordering the Deluxe edition gets you 3 day early access.
 
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Wondering where you got 300 hours. Is this your predicted playtime?

Have you never heard of a Bethesda RPG before? I’m just not sure if you’re asking serious question. It’s also widely known from Bethesda that Starfield is longer than Skyrim or fallout 4, they just haven’t publicly said exactly how much longer. So using common sense and a bit of simple logic, 300 hours seems very very reasonable and plausible as an estimate.
 
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Black_Stride

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You know it's weird (in a good way) that the OST and Art download is 16 gigs. Either they have some super uncompressed as hell tracks or there's a lot of high rez art in that package.

Unfortunately that is also locked until the early access date so I can't open it yet :(

That because the art and sound is given through an App thats "2D".

 
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