Steam is getting proper season passes support, all DLCs must be listed with expected release dates. If DLC is cancelled, refund for the value of unreleased DLC will be offered.
More here: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/seasonpass
I don’t preorder games and I’m not subscribing to DLC. I would be willing to buy DLC after it’s released(and reviewed), but I’m not whatever the fuck Live Service shit is.
Season passes predate the proliferation of live services. Live services tend to have “battle passes”. In my world, fighting games, “subscribing to DLC” has its advantages.
A battle pass for fighting games, if you’re a competitive player like me, is easily ignored because it’s a carrot at the end of a stick to keep you playing to earn cosmetic items. In fighting games, this currently only exists in Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and kinda sorta in Mortal Kombat 1, to my knowledge.
A season pass is where you get new characters, just like you can get expansion content in any other game. These are what I do buy as a competitive player. They usually come with 4-6 characters that are released over the course of the year. There’s no world where I wouldn’t want to have every character, since even if I don’t intend to play as that character, I’d still want to bring them into training mode to figure out how to beat them. So the package is slightly discounted compared to buying each character as they release, and I know that I’ll have each character unlocked the second that they’re available.
Yes. There’s no reason to buy the season pass before there’s even a single character ready, so I usually buy it the day that character comes out, but like I said, it hardly matters to me what the other content is in this case, because I’ll need it one way or the other.
Ok, so what are they? I think I bought a season pass for something ages ago and couldn’t figure out what it was for. I’m paying for something without knowing what it will be, right?
Season pass are bundled dlcs usually at a discount. While it’s true most people buying it don’t know what they’re paying for, it’s totally possible to buy it once every dlc included has been released.
I don’t preorder games and I’m not subscribing to DLC. I would be willing to buy DLC after it’s released(and reviewed), but I’m not whatever the fuck Live Service shit is.
Season passes predate the proliferation of live services. Live services tend to have “battle passes”. In my world, fighting games, “subscribing to DLC” has its advantages.
I’m just combining all this shit together and putting into pile called, Shit I Don’t Fuck With.
What exactly is a “battle pass” for fighting games and why should I trust major game studios?
A battle pass for fighting games, if you’re a competitive player like me, is easily ignored because it’s a carrot at the end of a stick to keep you playing to earn cosmetic items. In fighting games, this currently only exists in Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and kinda sorta in Mortal Kombat 1, to my knowledge.
A season pass is where you get new characters, just like you can get expansion content in any other game. These are what I do buy as a competitive player. They usually come with 4-6 characters that are released over the course of the year. There’s no world where I wouldn’t want to have every character, since even if I don’t intend to play as that character, I’d still want to bring them into training mode to figure out how to beat them. So the package is slightly discounted compared to buying each character as they release, and I know that I’ll have each character unlocked the second that they’re available.
Are you paying for content before it comes out?
Yes. There’s no reason to buy the season pass before there’s even a single character ready, so I usually buy it the day that character comes out, but like I said, it hardly matters to me what the other content is in this case, because I’ll need it one way or the other.
You’re talking about an entirely different thing. The convo wasn’t about live service games.
How is a subscription for getting dlc content isn’t within the umbrella of Live Service? I buy a game and I own a game. Anything else is Live Service.
Season pass aren’t a subscription
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Ok, so what are they? I think I bought a season pass for something ages ago and couldn’t figure out what it was for. I’m paying for something without knowing what it will be, right?
Paying for something without knowing what it will be for is also not really a hallmark feature of a subscription.
Season pass are bundled dlcs usually at a discount. While it’s true most people buying it don’t know what they’re paying for, it’s totally possible to buy it once every dlc included has been released.