Where's my free or discounted upgrade???

[Archon-Chiron]

I was a loyal player and customer of ARK for many many years, I bought all the DLC and I don't even get the new game for free/discounted???? All the servers for the old game are redundant and what do I have to show for all my money I spent on this game?? F**KING PISSED OFF!

[Moe ✅]

nope, no Discount for you. Sorry about that.

[Archon-Chiron]

Who are you??

[123]

ASA to snails is suppose to only provide them the money for Ark 2. but they are going bankrupted atm. and its possible ark 2 is no longer going to be a thing

[Auakopf]

Originally posted by Archon-Chiron:

I don't even get the new game for free/discounted????

It was discounted during the first days of ASA ... sounds as you have missed this?

[Delta Green]

Originally posted by Archon-Chiron:

what do I have to show for all my money I spent on this game?? F**KING PISSED OFF!

If this is how you view ARK SE, I imagine this is how you also view gaming as a whole and you should probably close Steam this instant and eBay that computer of yours right away.

You get enjoyment, escapism, time spent and money saved doing things alone or with friends that would absolutely break a bank balance if catered to in the real world. But hey, touching grass is free and if you followed my advice, you have the rest of your life to do that

[Martin]

Originally posted by Archon-Chiron:

Who are you??

You can still play ASE in single player, all maps all dinos. So you've not lost anything.
ASA is a new product, people worked on it, deserve to get paid for that work. Therefore, not free.

I assume you work or intend to work at some point in your life.. surely you'll expect to be paid for that work?

[MrBishop077]

Threads like this are what happen when you give little kids participation trophies.

"I wanna my FREE STUFF"

[KOOLLAYDTAC]

Originally posted by MrBishop077:

Threads like this are what happen when you give little kids participation trophies.

"I wanna my FREE STUFF"

Funny, but not sure that applies here mate. lol Owners of ASE should have gotten a discount more then that poo poo sale they did in my honest opinion. I wouldn't call it free stuff because the game is a hot buggy mess with loads of restrictions added to it of what we already own anyway in almost every stream I've watched on it so far. Certainly not worth the current price tag of $44.99 right now. More like $4.99 at best and that's being generous. lol

[Scheneighnay]

Originally posted by KOOLLAYDTAC:

Originally posted by MrBishop077:

Threads like this are what happen when you give little kids participation trophies.

"I wanna my FREE STUFF"

Funny, but not sure that applies here mate. lol Owners of ASE should have gotten a discount more then that poo poo sale they did in my honest opinion. I wouldn't call it free stuff because the game is a hot buggy mess with loads of restrictions added to it of what we already own anyway in almost every stream I've watched on it so far. Certainly not worth the current price tag of $44.99 right now. More like $4.99 at best and that's being generous. lol

Fortunately we as adults have the power to choose what we pay for.

[MooseLoves]

Who cares, ASA isn't worth the money and that's exactly why I haven't purchased it. If it ever offers more than ASE does at a similar price I may think about getting it but according to them that'll be sometime around 2026 if you can trust their deadlines . They would also have to change the status quo with Nitrado and there would need to be OW workarounds for me to get on board at this point as well I believe. Until then they aren't getting so much as a penny from me .

[whalefish30]

Originally posted by MooseLoves:

Who cares, ASA isn't worth the money and that's exactly why I haven't purchased it. If it ever offers more than ASE does at a similar price I may think about getting it but according to them that'll be sometime around 2026 if you can trust their deadlines :papyrus:. They would also have to change the status quo with Nitrado and there would need to be OW workarounds for me to get on board at this point as well I believe. Until then they aren't getting so much as a penny from me :repenny:.

You say asa isn't worth the money but how many hours do you get out of it ? and you get all future DLC excluding there "adventure packs" so i paid like £34 for asa with all future DLC to me thats worth it as it's the only ark game to be updated over the next few years, this is essentially there lazy Ark 2 as Ark 2 is RIP.

That being said if your not happy with what you get for what you pay for now then all you can do is wait till you believe it is worth it (if ever ;p)

PS you can pay for a dedicated server or maybe a vps to host the files rather than use the meh Nitrado and run a cluster from it when theres more DLC and would probs work out cheaper than renting from meh Nitrado (dislike them ;p)

[GobboKirk]

Originally posted by Archon-Chiron:

Who are you??

He's someone giving you facts.

[Scheneighnay]

Originally posted by whalefish30:

Originally posted by MooseLoves:

Who cares, ASA isn't worth the money and that's exactly why I haven't purchased it. If it ever offers more than ASE does at a similar price I may think about getting it but according to them that'll be sometime around 2026 if you can trust their deadlines :papyrus:. They would also have to change the status quo with Nitrado and there would need to be OW workarounds for me to get on board at this point as well I believe. Until then they aren't getting so much as a penny from me :repenny:.

You say asa isn't worth the money but how many hours do you get out of it ? and you get all future DLC excluding there "adventure packs" so i paid like £34 for asa with all future DLC to me thats worth it as it's the only ark game to be updated over the next few years, this is essentially there lazy Ark 2 as Ark 2 is RIP.

That being said if your not happy with what you get for what you pay for now then all you can do is wait till you believe it is worth it (if ever ;p)

PS you can pay for a dedicated server or maybe a vps to host the files rather than use the meh Nitrado and run a cluster from it when theres more DLC and would probs work out cheaper than renting from meh Nitrado (dislike them ;p)

Bottom line really:

ASE isn't a very old game. At least 90% of ASA players are former ASE players, so if the game was offered free to all ASE owners, almost nothing would be made in sales and it would be a total waste of man-hours.
Simple economics are beyond the grasp of the people who always post these threads.

ASA is priced how some franchises price their major DLCs, which is basically what ASA is.