Hyperion DLC Price Guesser

[ArchRexem]

Since DLC is always a hot topic in recent times, i want to invite the X4 community to a little pastime activity.

Goal here is, to estimate the price for the Hyperion DLC on release in your own currency.

Since 1 number would be boring, i want to invite you to state a desired price and a real estimate, for how much you think will it cost on launch.

Let me begin with mine:

Desired Price: 3€ (+3€ for soundtrack)
Estimated Price: 8.99 € (+5.99€ for soundtrack) (it has to be something .99)

Let me see your guess!

[ExcelsiorBenevolence]

One million dollars!

[zpc]

Publicado originalmente por ExcelsiorBenevolence:

One million dollars!

100 billion dollars!

[Mowglia]

Publicado originalmente por Gibbo:

Publicado originalmente por Urmel:

but when the british pound have more value... other must pay more $ / € ?
or i make something wrong ? :lunar2019deadpanpig:

No you're right and I'm an idiot. If it costs me £7.99 then it's going to cost the EU and North America $9.99 at least. Sorry. I'm a bit dopey today.

Dammit Gibbo, you should have left that alone! I had that down as fiendishly cynical sarcasm until you corrected it, lol.

[¥aeko]

Publicado originalmente por Gibbo:

No you're right and I'm an idiot. If it costs me £7.99 then it's going to cost the EU and North America $9.99 at least. Sorry. I'm a bit dopey today.

I just went and checked, no, it would be £6.69, €7,99, $7.99

On Steam, the default price is set in $ afaik, and everything else is derived from that, which is why some games dont have $/€ prices equal, despite VAT being included in € pricing, but not in $.

Of course, egosoft knows this, and will adjust € price to match $ price, as they always have done - but they never did for pound in the past, so you will get steams default conversion rate.

[Gibbo]

I don't mind a bit of price gauging from my favourite devs. Last time I look you got one and a half dollars to the pound, but that was months ago.

[Simeonski]

Publicado originalmente por Astasia:

Going to bend the rules a bit here.

For one ship, I'd be happy paying $3.
I'd be fine paying $5.
I expect it will be $7.
I'm not paying $10.
I'm fearing it will be $15.

The soundtrack is already selling for $10, which is not a good sign. I've never seen a soundtrack cost more than the product it's for. They might be really over valuing the music here and using that to prop up the lack of other content. I don't really value the region unless there is some unique mechanic to it, and I expect the "quest chain" is just a glorified "go here to get it."

i second these thoughts

[Urmel]

they want your first-born son in exchange !

[Nopileos]

I pay what they show.. LOVE the Franchise bought all ( games, books, soundtracks..) since initial release of X Beyond the Frontier since 1999 .. May Jah bless u all .. and provide some Profitsss

[ArchRexem]

Publicado originalmente por Nopileos:

I pay what they show.. LOVE the Franchise bought all ( games, books, soundtracks..) since initial release of X Beyond the Frontier since 1999 ..:dredge_star::summersun::butterfly: May Jah bless u all .. and provide some Profitsss

Obviously, but what do you think will be the price tag?

[Narn]

Free.

[BeastMTL]

I'd say 1/2 of what a regular Ego DLC should be, since twice a year per the roadmap.
I'd be fine with that. Ego isn't a a big studio and they got to keep the lights on.

[Wolfsblut]

1 ship, 1 sector?

clearly a 14,99€ pricetag again.

Publicado originalmente por Nopileos:

I pay what they show.. LOVE the Franchise bought all ( games, books, soundtracks..) since initial release of X Beyond the Frontier since 1999 ..:dredge_star::summersun::butterfly: May Jah bless u all .. and provide some Profitsss

gg i never bothered with the actual author but its good you invested into Helge Kautz the writer. btw did you know H.Kautz also had another game. "Yager" another Game of his stories..

[ArchRexem]

Publicado originalmente por Astasia:

Going to bend the rules a bit here.

For one ship, I'd be happy paying $3.
I'd be fine paying $5.
I expect it will be $7.
I'm not paying $10.
I'm fearing it will be $15.

The soundtrack is already selling for $10, which is not a good sign. I've never seen a soundtrack cost more than the product it's for. They might be really over valuing the music here and using that to prop up the lack of other content. I don't really value the region unless there is some unique mechanic to it, and I expect the "quest chain" is just a glorified "go here to get it."

congratulation for being the closest to the real price :)

[ArchRexem]

Publicado originalmente por Polraudio:

Im guessing 7.49 since i think its a smaller DLC.

Also congratulation for the closest single entry!

[Polraudio]

Publicado originalmente por ArchRexem:

Publicado originalmente por Polraudio:

Im guessing 7.49 since i think its a smaller DLC.

Also congratulation for the closest single entry!