@x5oldier wrote:Appreciate the heads up but I did know about this but this is actually part of the issue in my eyes. We shouldn't have to spend $90 to get both versions when he would inevitably have to spend another $300 at the MINIMUM for a series S digital. And that's if he can even get one because of Scalpers. Other games come out with a free upgrade or a $5 upgrade but a whole $30?? and that's with EA Play. Another $5 Dollars.
Hi, from a consumer point I fully understand you but...
1st better spend " 90$" as "130$" for both versions (59,99$ Xbox One and 69,99$ Xbox Series S|X version).
2nd spending another "300$" has nothing to do with Battlield 2042 because you hopefully don't buy a console just for 1 game.
3rd Other games came out with a "free" upgrade. Sure there are games like "No Man's Sky" , "Metro Exodus", "Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order", Final Fantasy VII Remake, where a free next gen upgrade was offered, but the platform holders (Microsoft/Sony) as also the publisher can't always offer entirely new "versions" of a game for free. Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1+2, Death Stranding Directors Cut and a few other titles charges you for a upgrade. I don't know why they exactly will do that, probably to earn more money or the platform holders didn't allow them to release it for free (because the platform holders recieve a "cut" from each copy that is sold) however what I try to explain there are reasons why it can't be for free at all, technically we recieve a different version where in some cases more work is needed.
There will most likely be a standalone upgrade option closer to, or maybe a little after launch
@ChugKendall yeah an additional cost to upgrade - If someone knows for a fact they'll upgrade when given the chance, I recommend just splurging now on Gold or Ultimate because you'll get all the other extras. My guess is the next-gen upgrade will cost about $20-30 by itself
For comparison, Ghost of Tsushima will cost roughly $30CDN (probably around $20USD) for its next-gen upgrade and I'm fairly certain both the Nioh Collection and Death Stranding are quite similar in price structure too so I guess it isn't too far out of the ordinary. Something like Jedi Fallen Order and Control have free upgrades because there isn't a huge difference between versions - 2042 will have far greater stability in addition to more map usage and higher player counts.
