so... H1 and H2 owners are screwed?

[Voland]

only option to buy H3 now is to buy H1-2-3 package? wow...

[KamelittaOida]

I think y'all would be better off on a console. You wouldn't have so many issues and so many wasted hours on a forum seething and foaming at the mouth.
Literally insert disc and play.

[KamelittaOida]

literally
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2925711314

[Lex]

引用自 Meshify：

Hitman 3 in many countries on current sale its almost TWICE more expensive than on last sale.

Looks to me like IOI was expecting that Freelancer mode will be smash hit like some kind of Fortnite, but they couldnt find a way to monetize it with microtransactions so they just increased base price of game to maximum.

Most games have lower sales in between the major summer and winter sales. That's not something IOI suddenly figured out as an evil scheme.

Pretty sure nobody expected Freelancer to become the second coming of Christ or even Fortnite. That said, they actually found a way to monetize it with microtransactions. They now sell skins.

And if they had increase the base price to a maximum they would just have made it 120$ as was the price of all the access passes.

All in all it's still a non-issue. Nobody here was willing to pay the 60$ before and will surely not pay the 70$ now anyway. The easiest solution is to set yourself a price you are willing to pay, like Chris is doing, and wait till it happens. I was willing to pay ~20 bucks and that's what happened during winter. If I had missed that for whatever reason and I would be in the current situation I would still wait till it's ~20$. Pack or Stand-alone.

I would argue, that with the idea of making it easier to buy for new players, it should include the H2 DLC in those 70$ base price. And Deluxe/7Sins should be combined an additional 10$ at most. As for the new skin DLC, guess I'll have to wait until they are at least 60% off.

[SgtHorton]

Just curious, what happend on consoles? Did they also completely discontinued Hitman 3 there? Do you not have access to Freelancer mode on consoles if you buy Hitman 3 alone?

[Emanouche]

引用自 Meshify：

Just curious, what happend on consoles? Did they also completely discontinued Hitman 3 there? Do you not have access to Freelancer mode on consoles if you buy Hitman 3 alone?

They did, you can only purchase WOA now on the playstation store as well, I looked cause I'm also a PS player and was curious.

[Emanouche]

引用自 ONSEmanouche：

引用自 Meshify：

Just curious, what happend on consoles? Did they also completely discontinued Hitman 3 there? Do you not have access to Freelancer mode on consoles if you buy Hitman 3 alone?

They did, you can only purchase WOA now on the playstation store as well, I looked cause I'm also a PS player and was curious.

Now that I think of it, I could buy a used copy of the game on ps5 and give ioi the middle finger.

[World's Strongest Man 1984]

引用自 KamelittaOida：

引用自 Chris Mintz-pie：

What planet are you from, dude? That has li
body wrong for something nobody disagrees with.
This is my argument;
A store is selling a laptop bag for $10, a la
-- [actual drivel] --
have the 2 other items from the bundle".

dear lord. actually unhinged. that whole post made zero sense. Now all the ranting makes sense. your profile pic of fogwell/red mist is very fitting.

The game has been on Steam for one year with multiple sales. Not enough time to make up your wee little brain?
As a h1/2 owner you didn't know about these sales?
Aside from community speculations and some advocacy over the years for an WOA, WOA was announced in 2023, so basically you had no idea WOA was coming and didn't need to wait anything off to see what is going to happen. Unless you waited for a price of $5.
fake outrage as usual from my peers.

引用自 Sardaukar：

Hello, you've written a lot here but you seem to be struggling to actually answer the question.

Please read this, slowly and carefully, before you answer:

How do you buy Hitman 3 without buying a package that includes H1 and H2 content that you already own?

Refer to https://ioi.dk/hitman/news/hitman-3-to-become-world-of-assassination#player-friendly-flexibility for more information on what IOI has said about rebuying content you already own.

I was actually the one, probably only one and in hindsight wrong in my interpretation and lack of reading patience, saying they will not remove the standalone H3 version because of the obvious ♥♥♥♥ that is happening here. You can check my history.
As to your link (this part I actually missed myself):

HITMAN World of Assassination will be the single available option to start playing.

if you mean:

On that note, and for extra clarity, HITMAN 3 will remain available in its current standalone form through the upcoming ‘HITMAN – World of Assassination’.

I have no idea what 'through' means here. I suppose it means in the body of WOA, that Hitman 3 will be the thing you are buying and will be displayed as such in your library, be it as H3 or H:WOA, since you are buying h1/2 as DLC i.e. not standalone. In either case they probably meant library not store.
It's an international company based in Europe so there's bound to be some misunderstandings.
I mean I agree to an extent, I "knew" we would get ♥♥♥♥ like this again, as it was the case in january 2022. That's how I showed up here.

Just buy the keys off-steam (it's not illegal) or keep waiting. At this point I doubt they will add any other option since the whole point of it was to make the storefront simpler. But I'm rooting for you guys.
If they had added another option, people would again be writing stupid questions + ignoring and, rightfully so, having no patience to read some guide. In this case kunovega's

The Epic drones are buying for most of you guys anyway. Plenty of threads that read: I bought the game on Swiney but I'm re-buying here because I want everything in one place or w/e the reasoning is.

What I find comical is that they don't mention Swiney's platform, it's under 'other platforms'. COMICAL. well there is xbox and so on, so maybe 'others' indeed.

Lol, tells other people with actual complaints that they're wasting their time, but somehow finds time to complain about other people complaining. The actual hypocrisy is hilarious.

[KamelittaOida]

^ yes because unhinged lunacy should be countered
>single available option to start playing.

I'm not wasting time. Your fuming is entertaining me.

[Zombie Lenin]

Yeah screw these people, taken off the wishlist. I'll catch H3 on some bundle on Epic later in the year, whatever.

[KamelittaOida]

at least i'm not the one foaming and fuming; just watching you two cry. (actually turning into DevilDaughter. the irony)

Watch how he'll reply something like "oh no, you are doing bla bla bla". Simply deflecting everything, all to protect the company that couldn't care less about him.

I responded and then deleted my response:
let me get you one step closer to help you close this thread so you can walk away from your keyboard lol:
Just take the L. it's ok. just take it. and go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCLn5guumOM
Two weeks ago you would've been in here crying about (having to read) the guide because you couldn't handle all the options.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2750279200
anyway. Have fun crying. I'm out.

No, worse than nothing, he's defending an anti consumer move by a big company. That's the lowest of the low.

No but I do respect someone who buys back their company and is trying. Rather than selling off chunks and constant complaining about everything and the market, let alone going public.

[Alezul]

引用自 Chris Mintz-pie：

It's like watching a crackhead scream at bus timetable because they can't make sense of it. You do just have to watch in confusion and wait for it to be over.

No no, it's like fans still blindly defending people like R Kelly or Kanye West. Their defenders simply chose their side and will mentally bend reality around them, all to protect their precious side.

Or when people defend their sports teams and are willing to get in a fight with random strangers all to prove their garbage team is the best.

I love this series but ever since Hitman Absolution, it's been such a roller coaster to be a fan of the franchise.

From Hitman 2016 at least the gameplay was solid but even back then, so many bad choices like selling the maps individually or the always online.

[Voland]

引用自 Lex：

That said, they actually found a way to monetize it with microtransactions

this would be such more convenient if they did this from beginning. but adding free maps, free missions, free modes, like they doing so now. i think on cosmetics they would earn money much much more than with such shady practices

[Scorpi80]

Guys i've checked Hitman 3 demo and i can play all missions from Hitman 1 & 2 (owns both).

[FrankStain]

引用自 Scorpi80：

Guys i've checked Hitman 3 demo and i can play all missions from Hitman 1 & 2 (owns both).

That's ok, problem is buying H3 only.

[Hardware]

Anyone thought to ask the support what they think about the situation ? It could be interesting to know if it is on purpose or if they are working on it. Having dealt with them several times, I find their support rather transparent and efficient to get informations (they are not outsourced!), at least in my case.