if we have to pay for the new class does that mean Darktide is going free to play?

[Caldari Ghost]

Since this game already has paid cosmetics?

[Tunnfisk]

Originally posted by Caldari Ghost:

if we have to pay for the new class does that mean Darktide is going free to play? Since this game already has paid cosmetics?

One does not exclude the other. No, Darktide won't become free because of the DLC.

[KruxSmash]

Originally posted by Caldari Ghost:

Since this game already has paid cosmetics?

No, the game has been out for over 2 1/2 years and has received tons of free updates nobody has had to pay for.

Cosmetics keep the game from being shut down entirely.

Making a brand new character a paid DLC is in line with live service games.

[Anus Wizard]

No that wasn't free updates that was finishing their game. Don't forget the game was a skeleton when it came out, barely a demo. Finishing a game is not free update.

[Burger McFries]

Vermintide 2 had the same monetization system of paid cosmetics & paid classes. I don't understand why everybody is upset or surprised that Darktide is doing the same.

[Tunnfisk]

Originally posted by Burger McFries:

Vermintide 2 had the same monetization system of paid cosmetics & paid classes. I don't understand why everybody is upset or surprised that Darktide is doing the same.

People have misinterpreted what Fatshark has been saying over the years. So now they think that everything is going to be free.

[Darth Revan]

Originally posted by Caldari Ghost:

Since this game already has paid cosmetics?

by that logic all assasssins creed games since AC unity would be free to play

[Benny]

Originally posted by KruxSmash:

Originally posted by Caldari Ghost:

Since this game already has paid cosmetics?

No, the game has been out for over 2 1/2 years and has received tons of free updates nobody has had to pay for.

Cosmetics keep the game from being shut down entirely.

Making a brand new character a paid DLC is in line with live service games.

None of the updates have been free. It is a marketing trick game studios like to make. You already paid for the updates when you bought the game. Instead of buying a finished game on release you just get the missing parts later on.

It is like buying a car from a dealership with 6 months insurance, and then being told you are getting it repaired for free. It makes people feel like they are saving money, like selling something at 11.99 rather than 12.00.

[Detonation]

Originally posted by Burger McFries:

Vermintide 2 had the same monetization system of paid cosmetics & paid classes. I don't understand why everybody is upset or surprised that Darktide is doing the same.

Because the internet is full of dumb outrage merchants.

[Cop Unit 12]

Originally posted by Detonation:

Because the internet is full of dumb outrage merchants.

Merchants "a person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade".

Your thinking of customer.

[Æɴɪsᴏ]

You have the most stupid posts I've ever seen.

[mysteryman115]

Wonder if summer sale will make this dlc cheaper than 12$ =P

[Freddy Fazbear]

bruh, vermintide 2 was like this
they had some free updates and some paid dlc
but thats usually the steam store price.
DARKTIDE W I L L N O T B E F R E E

[Dadadudu]

Originally posted by Benny:

Originally posted by KruxSmash:

No, the game has been out for over 2 1/2 years and has received tons of free updates nobody has had to pay for.

Cosmetics keep the game from being shut down entirely.

Making a brand new character a paid DLC is in line with live service games.

None of the updates have been free. It is a marketing trick game studios like to make. You already paid for the updates when you bought the game. Instead of buying a finished game on release you just get the missing parts later on.

It is like buying a car from a dealership with 6 months insurance, and then being told you are getting it repaired for free. It makes people feel like they are saving money, like selling something at 11.99 rather than 12.00.

First two years after release spend by bringing the Game to a State it should have already been at launch with drip-fed Updates / Hotfixes lol only thing that worked from the get-go being the FOMO Cosmetic Store lel

[Irier]

Just wait ten years fatshark will offer darktide for free on a sale event when they release their next game, like they did with vt2.

If you want to play it right now you have to buy it

[Lain]

id laugh if they had to sell the dlc because their ♥♥♥♥ cosmetics didnt sell nearly as well as they thought they would have and they only made a tiny fraction of the money they were hoping too from ♥♥♥♥ cosmetics that barely anyone buys because they are bad and also on a really stupid gacha like limited banner availability.
there is a reason those limited banners work in gatcha's. and there is nothing that fatshark could produce in a cosmetic in a game where 99.98% of the time you dont even see 99.99% of your character. total ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ failure of monetisation.