New Mexico will probably be free

[Grape671]

OK, so alot of people are assuming that New Mexico will be next, which i agree with, but i think the it will be for free. First off, though New Mexico is huge, it is very empty and there wont be very meany cities in the state. BUT the biggest reason of why i think they are going to make it free is so that poeple wil have accsess to the midwest, and Texas without buying a dlc. What do you guys think?

[radium]

I hope.

[A-Space-Turkey]

I hope at least 30% is going to be for free. :)

At least match the % that ETS2 had from the start.

[Rotary_Freak]

No lol do you work for scs? Then you dont know what your talking about sir

[ヅ]

Most likely from a buisness perspective next expansion will be paid.

Why?
Alot of work on rescale to 1:20 from 1:35, cost alot of work their not "getting paid" for doing from the community. And it will take time to make a new new state to ATS, so yeah it proboably going to be paid as alot of work without any real income unless new sales of the game.

[60_Thou]

Originally posted by A-Space-Turkey:

At least match the % that ETS2 had from the start.

Not sure if you know this or not, ETS2's map (at the start) was a merge of GTS & UKTS. SCS used it's previous assets to make ETS2's map, this is why the start map was so big.

ATS's assets are having to be built from scratch. Which means someone has to model/texture everything you see in the game. A new section of map equals more new assets & someone needs to get paid for their work.

SCS is a business & doing things for free will not put food on your table. There has to be money made somewhere or there will be no business to worry about.

[Ornery]

Probably? No. Maybe? Maybe. Hopefully? Sure, I guess, though it makes no difference to me. I'll have it, free or not.

[Asigion]

I do not understand why anyone would expect any map to be added for free.

[Rookie-31st]

No, most probably none of additional states will be free

[xaagon]

Pure speculation here, but I guess that we will have to pay for New Mexico.

After that I could see New Mexico being offered in combination with Texas when it's released, or people who already own New Mexico may be able to get Texas at a discount.

Again, total wild guess. But it's fun to think about.

[King1220]

I think its going to be free but after thinking about it i doubt it as we gotten Arizona and the rescaled map for free. SCS would need to make more money from ATS so they can hire more staff to speed up the process of making the other states. I think New Mexico will be by itself as i havent heard about the other states being worked on.

[v1deonasty]

Well if it is free don't moan about future DLC's taking ages to be released, because the less money SCS make the longer other states will take to come out, so personally I hope it isn't free.

[Asigion]

It would not be a good business decision to make any map for free. Larger states alone, medium states bundled together and perhaps smaller states bundled together in larger amounts or included with the larger or medium states, depending on their map location but not free.

[Gizmosellsbunnys]

It won't be free and probadly take different approach with ATS, but Colorado and Utah you may get I-80 corridor southern Wyoming free similar to ETS2 France.

[J4MESOX4D]

I doubt it'll be free. Doing this would probably see serial moaners then expecting every state DLC to be free after that and then complaining about any future paid DLC. There could be a possibility in the future that we get 3 states in one DLC pacakge with a fixed price once SCS continue to expand their map making team as opposed to one price per state every few months but standalone states right now would ultimately have a price and that is completely fine and expected.

[Goschti]

Even though ETS2 was bigger at the start the quality(especially after the rescale) is so spectacularly higher it is absurd. Everything in ETS2 except Scandinavia and now France just looks so bland and samey. In ATS you get a lot more out of a smaller map.

I for one will gladly pay them for each new state if they keep up with their current quality.