Premium Edition vs Upgrading

[Archegos]

Hey guys,

This has probably been already asked as this seems to be an issue for a lot of people, but I own the base game already and I'd like to upgrade to get the two season passes. I can't buy the Premium Edition (not to be confused with premium expansion) because I own the game already, it only lets me gift. Thing is this bundle is literally half the price of buying the seasons passes unbundled.

Aware I can remove the base game from my account and buy the bundle. But I'm not sure whether the discount on the bundle is because I already own the game, and the price will go up once I no longer own it. Shouldn't be because I can pay this price to gift all 3 items.

Has anyone been through this process?

[misterepf]

I'm going to risk it today, I'll let you know how everything goes when I'm on the other side.

[misterepf]

Originally posted by misterepf:

I'm going to risk it today, I'll let you know how everything goes when I'm on the other side.

This did not work. I did manage to get my copy back at no cost though. I'm also going to attempt a refund under the basis that it's now cheaper, but considering I've had it for a while and have several hours on it I doubt it'll go through.

[Archegos]

Originally posted by misterepf:

Originally posted by misterepf:

I'm going to risk it today, I'll let you know how everything goes when I'm on the other side.

This did not work. I did manage to get my copy back at no cost though. I'm also going to attempt a refund under the basis that it's now cheaper, but considering I've had it for a while and have several hours on it I doubt it'll go through.

Yeah if you've owned it a while you're probably out of luck there, thank for giving it a go.

Pretty anti-consumer behaviour. I was hoping they'd discount the prices of the passes as part of the spring sale at least, but it looks like they've only discounted the bundle. They must just be trying to draw in new customers...

[pizza7]

this is a game that can be played for hundreds of hours, dont be a cheapo.

[ShutEye_DK]

Originally posted by pizza7:

this is a game that can be played for hundreds of hours, dont be a cheapo.

True about the hours. Still an odd way of packaging the game.

[Bob]

If you have supported these developers and bought the base game a long time ago you will not get a discount on their expansion content. The dlc's are only discounted if you buy it together with the base game. Pretty shrewd ey?

[dazzaplin]

Originally posted by Bob:

If you have supported these developers and bought the base game a long time ago you will not get a discount on their expansion content. The dlc's are only discounted if you buy it together with the base game. Pretty shrewd ey?

I disagree, this practice has pretty much ensured that I won't bother buying the next FS game.

I vote with my wallet.

[misterepf]

my issue is, I recently bought the base game alone, not realizing their dlc bundling set up, because I didn't know if I'd like the game enough to buy the rest. I like the game, would like to buy the rest of the dlc, but FS22 is not worth almost a $100.

[misterepf]

And I just received confirmation that they will not refund, so this is the end of my purchasing for FS22, and probably Gaints in general.

[Archegos]

Originally posted by pizza7:

this is a game that can be played for hundreds of hours, dont be a cheapo.

It's not about the cost for me. It's about the fact that I supported the developers in the beginning going so far as to pre-order, and they force me to pay more for additional content than a new player.
It costs me $72 to buy the season passes, I could buy the bundle with the passes and base game for $48. It's completely locked down as well, no way for an existing customer to get that deal short of making a new steam account.

Again, not about the cost but about the middle finger they're giving to people who supported them in the beginning.

[Randy]

Go on google and search for the price of them season passes, if you use a key like that here, it will work like it should have done from the start on here.
And its cheaper.

[cheiften98]

Its absolutely disgusting. I asked on their discord and the moderator was very condescending. He told me "you need to remove the game from your account and buy the Premium Edition.
I actually cant believe how rude the moderator was.

[michaelwrc]

I own FS 22 base game on Steam since release, so i also couldn´t buy Premium Edition on Steam. I bought it on Gamesplanet with Steam activation key, all DLCs from Premium Edition were added to my library.

[Archegos]

Originally posted by cheiften98:

Its absolutely disgusting. I asked on their discord and the moderator was very condescending. He told me "you need to remove the game from your account and buy the Premium Edition.
I actually cant believe how rude the moderator was.

I've read that this doesn't actually work as well, since removing the game from your Steam account doesn't really remove it in a way for you to buy it again. I haven't confirmed this, just a warning about a potential issue.

[cheiften98]

Originally posted by Archegos:

Originally posted by cheiften98:

Its absolutely disgusting. I asked on their discord and the moderator was very condescending. He told me "you need to remove the game from your account and buy the Premium Edition.
I actually cant believe how rude the moderator was.

I've read that this doesn't actually work as well, since removing the game from your Steam account doesn't really remove it in a way for you to buy it again. I haven't confirmed this, just a warning about a potential issue.

I know I removed Dirt Rally 2 from my account as Fanatical had a key for the GOTY edition very cheap.
Its such a joke.
Im waiting for Giants support to get back to me. I doubt anything will be solved. The pricing has to be intentional.