Has anyone else seen this upcoming edition that includes all DLC for the game at barely more than the base edition? Makes it rather uncomfortable for those that pre-ordered the game.
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Well, pretty much standard for the video game industry. Cheaper to buy the bundle than getting the DLC for your day 1 purchase.
Not really a price drop, it's more just charging current players more than new players. Price of the base game is pretty much the same, it's the fact that the DLC is added way WAY below the cost for people who already own the game.
Thats the prize for being able to play on release day. You have to live with it or wait for a year to get a sale.
Generally speaking, never pre-order anything. Not to skimp out on paying- that can be a good reason depending on your economic position, mind- but because you should generally be well-informed about any product you purchase. The industry relies too much on pre-orders to sucker people into buying flawed products. Not saying that was the case with Stellaris (but then I only got it around the start of 1.3), but its a good habit to avoid falling for it.
True. To be honest there was much wrong with Stellaris on release, and there are still bugs that have been there since release and still not fixed, but that being said it is and it was pretty much playable and also fun for the most part. Also knowing Paradox you can rely on them to support their products for a long time - see ck2 or euiv for example. This is not true in many other cases with companies I won´t name here. Because of this I see less of a risk when prepurchasing with Paradox games than i see with other games.
But all in all you are correct: Precaution is always advised.
By that token yes, early purchase of Stellaris wasn't that risky with regard to future game improvements. But making your early supporters pay ridiculously more for the same extra content that newcomers get is a pretty raw deal.
It would have been if said sale happened lets say 2 months later. Now we are nearly a year after release. So atleast I have no hard feelings about that. It is a common practice that is to be expected not only with games but nearly every commercial product (only excempt are consumables).
So knowing this, you only have to see where your priorities lie. Do you want to play now at the higher price or do you want to wait for the sale? There is nothing mystical or shady about this. Everyone knows how the system works.
What other commercial products are direct upgrades for a base product, that is more expensive for those who own the base product than people who don't own it at all?
So your complain is that at the moment there is no discount giving you the single dlc (which you most likely already own) at a lower price? As I said, wait a little longer and the next sale is going to happen where also single items will be at a huge discount...
Don't own any DLC, plantoids didn't add enough content for the price, and now I'm looking at the price of leviathans against the new players who get it for next to nothing. So yeah, will be waiting some time.