Why is the DLC bundle never on sale at an affordable price?

[⎝⧹Quirken⧸⎠]

The pricing for individual DLC packages is not unreasonable, but spending $200 to get all the DLC is absurd. Even at the current price just over $100, I cannot fathom spending that much.

If the game itself goes on sale for like $5, why doesn't the DLC bundle ever go for like $20-50?

[Sasquatch]

that's how they getcha

[⎝⧹Quirken⧸⎠]

Originally posted by Sasquatch:

that's how they getcha

Well, they haven't gotten me. I haven't played Cities: Skylines since 2017 because of this.

[AoD_lexandro]

So you wont play a game you own because of content you don't own? That makes zero sense, and is just cutting your nose of to spite your face. DLC content is extra content you don't need. Wanting it does not make any difference.

Buy one of the bundles when its one sale and get a discount on content you want. If it is not affordable to you, then do without it like anyone else.

[sobral97]

the game is 5$ because recently was free on Epic Games Store, and as for the DLC price well it's Paradox Interactive, they hold the monopoly for these type of video games, so like every company that holds a certain product's monopoly they do whatever they want with the prices, because there's no repercussion as long as people keep buying (which they will since there's no competition)

And since the game was free on Epic, they are still winning by dropping steam's price to 5$ because it attracts new players, which will later buy the overpriced DLCs if they like the game enough to invest in it. It's all a capitalist strategy that happens in other industries as well

[TRex1983]

Lets hope for a DLC bundle on Humble Bundle. I got the latest DLC and essentially the whole game, unit packs, music and content patches for the price of the last DLC. And its a fundraiser... Would be nice if CO would do something similar.

[Tsubame ⭐]

You do realize the DLC contents are NOT required to play the base game?

Also, this game is not a multiplayer-only game where you will not be left behind the pack if you miss out on the DLCs... And even on these games the base game is still playable...

And 99.9% of the content available on the Workshop will work on vanilla.

If the DLCs are so important wait for a sale.

And yes, developers do not work for free. You want the extra content, pay for it. No money would have meant no DLCs - and no updates - to begin with.

[Detective Dan]

"I bought my car, i should be able to get nicer rims for free because of this."

[Xautos]

i never brought a DLC for CS, just too expensive for my liking. the complete edition at 101 pounds.. pssh! So it remains out of my reach...

[MarkJohnson]

DLC is always on sale. Here is a dev supported site:
https://isthereanydeal.com/search/?q=cities+skylines

[⎝⧹Quirken⧸⎠]

I have been waiting for a sale. For half a decade. Yes, you condescending jerks, I understand the DLC is not required, but I want it for a complete experience. But unless you're only buying one or two DLCs, it's unreasonably priced in an age when you can buy bundles with a dozen complete well-known games for less than the price of the DLC bundle for this game.

It's essentially a microtransaction / F2P model. Get you to play the game in hopes you'll dump an absurd amount of money on it gradually.

[Tsubame ⭐]

Originally posted by ⎝⧹Quirken⧸⎠:

I have been waiting for a sale. For half a decade. Yes, you condescending jerks, I understand the DLC is not required, but I want it for a complete experience. But unless you're only buying one or two DLCs, it's unreasonably priced in an age when you can buy bundles with a dozen complete well-known games for less than the price of the DLC bundle for this game.

It's essentially a microtransaction / F2P model. Get you to play the game in hopes you'll dump an absurd amount of money on it gradually.

Resorting to name calling when none of us did? Very mature.

Anyway, the game and all DLCs except the newest one go on sale all the time. I am not sure how did you miss them. I suggest you wishlist a couple and wait.

Do not forget only the core DLCs are truly required to experience the - minor - ingame additions they provide. The radio and content packs are totally optional and can be easily substituted by your own music and mods from the Workshop that are of equal or better quality.

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by ⎝⧹Quirken⧸⎠:

I have been waiting for a sale. For half a decade. Yes, you condescending jerks, I understand the DLC is not required, but I want it for a complete experience. But unless you're only buying one or two DLCs, it's unreasonably priced in an age when you can buy bundles with a dozen complete well-known games for less than the price of the DLC bundle for this game.

It's essentially a microtransaction / F2P model. Get you to play the game in hopes you'll dump an absurd amount of money on it gradually.

Those are for unsuccessful games. Cities: Skylines is the top city builder so they can ask a higher price.

Capitalism in action.

[AoD_lexandro]

Originally posted by ⎝⧹Quirken⧸⎠:

I have been waiting for a sale. For half a decade. Yes, you condescending jerks, I understand the DLC is not required, but I want it for a complete experience. But unless you're only buying one or two DLCs, it's unreasonably priced in an age when you can buy bundles with a dozen complete well-known games for less than the price of the DLC bundle for this game.

It's essentially a microtransaction / F2P model. Get you to play the game in hopes you'll dump an absurd amount of money on it gradually.

It is only absurd to you. Us adults understand that things cost money, and for the life of the game it is no surprise that the entire collection costs more than the base game. These kinds of complaints only serve to show your own greed/need balance is out of whack. Just because you want something does not mean it should be price to your budget. I want a Ferrari to drive, but I can't afford it. I don't send messages to Maranello asking why they make cars I can't buy and expecting a discount.

Shock horror, I have almost every single bit of content. Because I bought bundles on sale over the years at a reasonable price for the content it contained. You missed out because you chose to miss out.

Get a job, earn money, buy things. Its how the real world works.

[Ripp]

Originally posted by ⎝⧹Quirken⧸⎠:

The pricing for individual DLC packages is not unreasonable, but spending $200 to get all the DLC is absurd. Even at the current price just over $100, I cannot fathom spending that much.

If the game itself goes on sale for like $5, why doesn't the DLC bundle ever go for like $20-50?

Depends on what you think affordable actually means. Obviously the full retail pricing is as you say, absurd. %0% off is better. Usually some where around Christmas - New Year they drop to around 75% off for a couple of weeks. Then If you look around there are actually a couple of suggestions floating around out there that claim to offer a way to get the DLC's at a 100% discount. Problem with that is you get them ALL and that's really not so much of a good thing as you might think.

If you truly "want a complete experience" you should probably be looking for something more like the C.A.D. based simulators. Be careful there however cause those started out at around $4k 20 years ago and rarely if ever go on sale and never below less 10%.

[Tsubame ⭐]

Ok, all of the core DLCs except the Airport one are now at 50% sale a piece, so do not forget to buy them now if you are serious about getting them.