Ps+ users got the base game free right, but really I don't think so. I'm not affected by this but I can see the frustration amongst you. Ultimately you are a subscriber to Sony, you pay them monthly for the right to download games. The blame I don't think is at the game Dev here. What you should be getting mad at is PS + not offering you the Remastered edition at the same or discounted price. I don't think this is anything to do with paradox actually. They simply using the ps store to say did this user buy the game yes/no... As the download is from ps + it's technically not been purchased.
Precedent doesn’t help you here mind… Wreckfest‘s PS5 upgrade actually came free to PS+
first! Meanwhile Paradox opted to charge a silly price on day one, whilst maintaining it would never be free. It’s all economics to be fair, so who are any of us to expect a private company to give something away for free (even if
just an upgrade), but I do think the original poster here has a point about the message it sends out to people who have previously and would likely again have spent good money on DLC.
However, it’s now been a week of posts like mine here, and whilst Paradox staff seem happy to answer queries on easier topics, they are clearly ignoring the obvious challenge many are making about the unfairness that they (or their managers) have created amongst their user base, particularly for the PS+ players or the disc players who have lost out. It’s clear they’re playing the long game of silence in order to ride out the storm of criticism, which is a shoddy way to run a company that prides itself on building a community of long-term players of its games.
