DLC vs. Expansion

[RaphaelDelageto]

So I preordered the founders edition, but I'm just coming to the realization that if a DLC is $30 for basically what sounds like 4 leaders + civs + wonders (maybe some extra narrative events which really isn't all that in my opinion) --- how much is an expansion gonna cost? Am I gonna be spending like $50 (or the equivalent of what a new game used to cost) for an expansion pack (adding a new age?) Haha!

I imagine I'll play a few hundred hours, so the cost per hour will be pennies, but still... a little greedy, no?

[Cheeky little sausage]

Yeah, I don't think the dlc is worth it tbh. I can't play the game until the full release anyway, so it's not worth it for me to spending that much extra for not a lot of content. The base game alone is pretty expensive.

[lmr]

I think you're probably right about full expansions costing $50, hopefully they will be large enough to justify it. Still, it's a shame how expensive gaming has become in just the last few years.

[Lëgënd]

$40-50 sounds about right considering prices of previous expansions. On the plus side, I've always found the expansions to be very good and adding a lot of additional content to the game so don't mind paying. Civ6's expacs definitely added a lot and changed the gameplay a bit.

[magnumaniac]

Locking wonders behind paid DLC is just scummy.
Just be honest about it - the full game costs £120. What you get for £60 is just a shell.

Sadly, there will be enough people who get suckered into this, buy the base game, then realise that they're only getting half a game and sunk cost fallacy will drive them to pay the extra.

[GarrGarr]

Nothing says quality gaming when you justify the $ per hour you get out of it.

[katzenkrimis]

Originally posted by RaphaelDelageto:

$50?

I imagine I'll play a few hundred hours, so the cost per hour will be pennies.

A little greedy, no?

40 plus tax. Easily a fifty dollar bill.

It's not just the fact that this game is actually good for a change. It will offer you hundreds, if not thousands of hours.

But you have to also consider the time frame. Firaxis expansions take forever to develop. At least one year for each of the two expansions.

So, you have ample time to save up fifty dollars.

2.4 years to save a hundred dollars for two expansion is easy mode. Scribe difficulty.

I could do it returning pop cans.

[Qoojo]

Originally posted by GarrGarr:

Nothing says quality gaming when you justify the $ per hour you get out of it.

I always use that as baseline to assess game value. For most games, I use $1 per game hour.

[Nats]

Originally posted by RaphaelDelageto:

So I preordered the founders edition, but I'm just coming to the realization that if a DLC is $30 for basically what sounds like 4 leaders + civs + wonders (maybe some extra narrative events which really isn't all that in my opinion) --- how much is an expansion gonna cost? Am I gonna be spending like $50 (or the equivalent of what a new game used to cost) for an expansion pack (adding a new age?) Haha!

I imagine I'll play a few hundred hours, so the cost per hour will be pennies, but still... a little greedy, no?

I am glad you figured that out. Yes the deluxe and founders editions are a complete rip off like all new game releases these days. I am surprised anyone buys them. The dlc packs will be available separately for what £10 at the most maybe £15. So that extra £15 - £20 you have paid is going straight into their pockets.

And yes the expansions are going to be £40+ of course, so you will be paying them several times again for the privilege of them finishing the game for you. Its just a complete rip off the whole thing.

I really cannot believe anyone falls for these marketing ploys. You are really just paying for a few days early access because you are impatient. I strongly disagree about their practice of stripping the base game of civs etc for these super-versions, leaving the base game very shallow, which is why I aint spending £60 of my money on this.

I might get it in a sale somewhere for £20-£25 in a few years time, possibly, if I am bored.