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[Bastos]

Dear god, it's like some people started playing yesterday. Expansions were always a thing on PC games, and you had to pay for them. This is an Expansion and the fact that it can be downloaded doesn't mean it's a DLC if that makes any sense.

To me DLCs = minor content such as skins, small quests, etc.

Expansion = New areas, new enemies, new stories and lengthy gameplay.

 

[Derp]

Do we know the pricing? I may wait until I finish the game (since by then, if I take my sweet time, the expansions might be discounted or something). Otherwise if it's cheap I'll buy it now. I'm already spending $200 on the collectors edition (it's my first CE so don't judge me) so I'd rather not let one game destroy me financially.

 

[Waxwing]

The real outrage is: why can't I pre-order the pass on GOG yet? Take my money.

 

[ironcreed]

I don't mind expansions at all if they are good. But the timing of the announcement seems weird.

The content sounds like it is being done in the old and right way, but the early announcement is just par for the course and business as usual for the times we live in. Just ignore it, enjoy the game and buy this when it is time for it to release if you are yearning for more. Simple.

 

[frontovik]

I'm fine with this. If the expansion contains a substantial amount of content then I don't mind paying for it.

I think the criticism is seriously unjustified when you believe that CDPR should always give out DLCs for free. They have to make money after the launch of the main game, so an expansion is the ideal option.

I believe that they are still committed to releasing free LC for content like skins and armour which is fine.

 

[Ikuu]

The real outrage is: why can't I pre-order the pass on GOG yet? Take my money.

It's up now http://www.gog.com/game/the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_expansion_pass

 

[Discotheque]

I trust these expansions will actually be lengthy, seeing as they've offered other DLC for free up until this point.

 

[Damerman]

Except for the fact that DLC is additional content created for a released video game. So yes, everything after release is DLC. You act like I'm as upset as you. I honestly don't care. I just like to call things how they are, and all I see is smart marketing.

what do you mean by smart maketing? what CDPR are doing or just the industry that uses the phrase DLC in general?

 

[Virdix]

I was wary until i read the 30+hours of extra gameplay, sign me up if they are doing quality content and plenty of it.

Crossing my fingers it will be included with the collectors edition that ive had pre ordered 20 minutes after it went up on amazon last year (come at me pre order haters).

 

[Waxwing]

It's up now http://www.gog.com/game/the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_expansion_pass

oh. welp. that's a done deal. I'm always happy to support games with a heavy emphasis on story.

 

[Henrar]

Some people who rant about announcing DLC/expansions before game is released don't know how game development works.

 

[The Shogun]

It's up now http://www.gog.com/game/the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_expansion_pass

Wow if the description of the content is accurate , $24.99 is fantastic pricing

 

[R_thanatos]

A a proper expansion ..it's been ages since i've seen something annonced that look like it.

 

[Nzyme32]

When will developers learn to not announce DLC passes well before release.

“While we’re offering the Expansion Pass now, we want to make one thing clear: don’t buy it if you have any doubts. Wait for reviews or play The Witcher and see if you like it first. As always, it’s your call,” Iwiński concludes.

Seems up front at least. I won't be buying till I have time anyway, so this bodes pretty well for me

 

[twentytwo22]

I have no problem with paying for real, 30+ hour expansion content, but announcing this before the game is even out is a complete head-scratcher.

 

[Marvel]

Wow if the description of the content is accurate , $24.99 is fantastic pricing

Very much so.

 

[Truant]

Some people who rant about announcing DLC/expansions before game is released don't know how game development works.

When I was five I thought movies came out the day after they were filmed.

 

[family_guy]

Pretty substantial. No way I would buy it in advance though. I didn't even finish Witcher 2. Hopefully Witcher 3 plays much better.

 

[Guri]

It would be amazing if people complaining about they "lying" about free DLC actually read the press release and understood the difference between DLC and expansions.

 

[Skelter]

Is there a place I can purchase both the expansion pass plus the physical copy of The Witcher 3? on PC.

GameStop maybe? I actually have the Collector's Edition preordered. The one physical game I'm buying this year. I only wish I could change it to the Xbox One version since I already have a Steam copy.

 

[Damerman]

Some people who rant about announcing DLC/expansions before game is released don't know how game development works.

this... probably a huge portion of the team that has already completed its part of the project are back from vacation and ready to work.

 

[witness]

As long as I enjoy the Witcher I'll be all over these expansions. 30 hours of content is incredible.

 

[shinobi602]

Where can I buy this for PS4? Getting the physical version, I'm guessing it'll be available at retailers soon?

 

[anexanhume]

Wow if the description of the content is accurate , $24.99 is fantastic pricing

I wonder if they are discounting for pre-order? If there's no discount, I think most people will just wait until it's out, and this move is to appease the retailers that like to push this sort of thing at POS for main game.

 

[dex3108]

Some people who rant about announcing DLC/expansions before game is released don't know how game development works.

This time EA did good job with DA:I DLC/expansion. There wasn't Season Pass just announcement and next day they released it.

 

[thekiddfran]

Terrible gif, the lip sync is completely off

 

[ironcreed]

Wow if the description of the content is accurate , $24.99 is fantastic pricing

I imagine it will be the same on consoles. All I need to see is how much I enjoy the game and I will have no problem paying that between release and October.

 

[Kintaro]

Some people who rant about announcing DLC/expansions before game is released don't know how game development works.

They don't have to. In fact, they shouldn't give a shit how it works. To a consumer, that only thing that matters it the best use of their money. If one feels that announcing an Expansion Pass before the launch of a game is a bit of a pisser, then they can feel that way and wait for a GOTY edition (which their WILL be one now and we all know it).

 

[jett]

I don't care who makes it, I'm never buying an expansion or season pass ever again.

 

[Denton]

I have no problem with paying for real, 30+ hour expansion content, but announcing this before the game is even out is a complete head-scratcher.

It makes business sense to ride the hype wave.

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

Crossing my fingers it will be included with the collectors edition that ive had pre ordered 20 minutes after it went up on amazon last year (come at me pre order haters).

It is not part of the CE as far as I can tell. No mention of it. That would be ridiculously awesome though. I really wish they would include it.

 

[Metroidvania]

30 hours....according to CDPR PR.

Will wait and see on this one.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

Man, some people really have a hard time differentiating DLC and expansions huh? I don't think 30 hours of extra content counts as "DLC". 2-3 hour add-ons are DLC, but not these.

So bought.

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

what do you mean by smart maketing? what CDPR are doing or just the industry that uses the phrase DLC in general?

I mean how CDPR is using the phrase DLC in the current climate, since the rest of the industry has sort of "poisoned" the word. I think DLC is great, but a lot of companies have painted people's perception into thinking "DLC=BAD!" as you can clearly see in this very thread. As some other posters have said, DLC should be judged case by case, and 20-30 hours sounds like a pretty damn good DLC.

CDPR is able to read their audience and expanded market and understand their reservations for the term DLC, and rebranding the word to avoid stigma. I think that's really smart. And while my original post was a bit tongue-in-cheek towards the people, who are getting upset by this development, I honestly think it's a very savvy business move.

 

[Henrar]

This time EA did good job with DA:I DLC/expansion. There wasn't Season Pass just announcement and next day they released it.

But the DLC was in development before the base game released. So... making DLC and announcing it this way is bad but making it before release and announcing after the rlease is somehow good?

WTF is this logic.

 

[Skelter]

They don't have to. In fact, they shouldn't give a shit how it works. To a consumer, that only thing that matters it the best use of their money. If one feels that announcing an Expansion Pass before the launch of a game is a bit of a pisser, then they can feel that way and wait for a GOTY edition (which their WILL be one now and we all know it).

Or they can just take CDPR's own advice. Don't buy it until you play the game or read reviews.

This time EA did good job with DA:I DLC/expansion. There wasn't Season Pass just announcement and next day they released it.

People who paid full price for that crappy DLC deserve to pay full price.

 

[Kalamoj]

Enhanced editions don't / have never included 20-30 hours of new content in any of the previous two witcher games.

I know, I just want own the whole game on physical media. I hate when my games are fragmented due to buying vanilla disc then digital stuff. And I don't think they will release expansion disks (like Rockstar).

 

[orthodoxy1095]

I don't care who makes it, I'm never buying an expansion or season pass ever again.

Your loss.

 

[Andodalf]

Man, some people really have a hard time differentiating DLC and expansions huh? I don't think 30 hours of extra content counts as "DLC". 2-3 hour add-ons are DLC, but not these.

So bought.

No these are Dlc. They are download able content you add to a game. I have no problem with Dlc at all, I bought horse armor. But this is Dlc.

 

[SirKhalid]

This time EA did good job with DA:I DLC/expansion. There wasn't Season Pass just announcement and next day they released it.

What they did is call bad marketing...

 

[rObit]

Some people in here not understanding the sentiment? They've been touting the "traditional PC" values for some time now, of which expansion packs are most certainly a part. DLC is just the modern delivery mechanism. The anti-DLC front that CDPR has put out there is obviously in reference to horse armor and the like. I guess if you're eager to jump down their throats for some reason this is as good an opportunity as you're likely to get, but its obviously coming from a shallow place of terminology semantics.

 

[Damerman]

This time EA did good job with DA:I DLC/expansion. There wasn't Season Pass just announcement and next day they released it.

the problem with what EA and bioware have been doing is day one DLC... if it is ready day one, why the fuck can't you just patch it in as part of the game?

Announcing DLC before release doesn't bother me at all... it's releasing content that seems like it could/should have been part of the final package.

One of the most upsetting pieces of DLC was mass effect 3's from ashe's DLC...where it allegedly seems as though they cut out a fully developed portion of the game that expands on the lore of the game.

 

[Virdix]

It is not part of the CE as far as I can tell. No mention of it. That would be ridiculously awesome though. I really wish they would include it.

Yeah it doesnt seem like it. I wish they would too but we will see.

 

[No_Style]

Some people who rant about announcing DLC/expansions before game is released don't know how game development works.

Even when we knew StarCraft II was going to be split into three, Blizzard didn't start asking for money before the release of Wings of Liberty. But hey, I have no problem with them offering to take people's money right now because people obviously willing to give it to them. I'd do the same if I were in their shoes.

 

[alr1ght]

They only have their fellow game developers to blame for poisoning the well.

 

[Vire]

As someone new to the series did they do expansions in the past? If so, were they any good?

 

[MMaRsu]

Haven’t we just paid a lot of cash for a brand new game?

Do you know anything about the amount of content already in the game + other free dlc?

 

[funkypie]

i thought they were offering 20 pieces of free DLC.

RAD going the way of every other publisher then? DLC passes before the game is out...

 

[BeauRoger]

Sounds great! Sign me up.

 

[HouseStark1575]

The price for both expansions is $25 on gog

http://www.gog.com/game/the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_expansion_pass