Annual Pass Upgrade not on sale???

[Fon Del Mias]

So you get a deal if you're a brand new player but not if you've been playing for 2 weeks...gotcha.
For context, I bought lightfall 2 weeks ago and now there is a sale but the upgrade to the annual pass is still 50 dollars. It should be at least 30, 36 to be exact.

[DakotaThrice]

Aside from a handful of cosmetics the core content of the upgrade consists of season passes and the dungeon key which are both effectively silver purchasers regardles sif the car they're being purchased as a RMT in this instance.

Whilst the Annual Pass Edition may see discounts throughout the year the Upgrade will not.

[Nakos]

Additionally, all the stuff in the Upgrade is "new". That is: None of it is considered depreciated. (It contains passes for S21, S22, S23, and the Dungeon Key).

Whereas the the basic edition is now considered depreciated because S20 is over.

[DakotaThrice]

The Standard Edition includes whichever season is active the next time you log in after purchasing it so anybody purchasing it after the weekly reset tomorrow will receive S21 rather than S20 specifically.

The Annual Pass Edition/Upgrade includes access to any of the seasons for the year that you don't already have access to. So if somebody was to buy the Standard Edition after reset and recieve S21 with its nd then upgrade they'd receive access to all of the S20 content (they'd just be missing the rewards tack) as well as all the content and rewards for S22/23 when they release later in the year.

[Nakos]

Originally posted by DakotaThrice:

The Standard Edition includes whichever season is active the next time you log in after purchasing it so anybody purchasing it after the weekly reset tomorrow will receive S21 rather than S20 specifically.

The Annual Pass Edition/Upgrade includes access to any of the seasons for the year that you don't already have access to. So if somebody was to buy the Standard Edition after reset and recieve S21 with its nd then upgrade they'd receive access to all of the S20 content (they'd just be missing the rewards tack) as well as all the content and rewards for S22/23 when they release later in the year.

Hm... fair enough.

Still feels like "depreciation" might be a factor, or at least a "perceived" factor. But ... that's just a guess on my part.

[germality]

2 weeks is a new player lol

[The Meowdalorian]

Nah I feel strait cucked. Now I HAVE to buy the annual pass upgrade for $50 if I want to go fishing, or buy the current battle pass, which would be wasted $, because it's strait bad value for not including the dungeon keys, so I'd eventually have to buy the annual pass at some point...

They exclusively tied the "annual pass" to the deluxe edition, and not have it as it's own separate purchasable entity for this exact reason.

I love that the deluxe edition's price increased by $20 from the last. To make more people buy the normal edition, falling into the trap of the upgrade not going on sale. Screw early supporters who bought your stuff, the only people that matter are the people who haven't already bought in.

This is a new low for Bungie. I want to spend money, but they are putting me in a poor get poorer situation.

[DakotaThrice]

Originally posted by Stripesthecat:

They exclusively tied the "annual pass" to the deluxe edition, and not have it as it's own separate purchasable entity for this exact reason.

I love that the deluxe edition's price increased by $20 from the last. To make more people buy the normal edition, falling into the trap of the upgrade not going on sale. Screw early supporters who bought your stuff, the only people that matter are the people who haven't already bought in.

For your first point the Annual Pass Upgrade IS the seperate purchase you're asking for.

For your second point that's a regional factor as Lightfall Annual Pass is the same £80 price point as The Witch Queen Deluxe was in the UK. That said even if the price increase had been applied globally it would be accounted for by the inclusion of the additional cosmetic caches that weren't included in previous years releases. Even just considering the exotic ship/sparrow/whatever for each cache gives a minimum equivalent price of 2400 Silver which by itself covers the $20 increase.