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BullitMagnit74
5 years agoSeasoned Hotshot
@ant0067i i will certainly agree with you this game is begging for more content. it deserves it like no other game i can recollect.
But i would still hope they approach it as an expansion pack, because all the assets/game engine etc, is there. I would hate for them to take any/all ideas and roll them up into SW:Squadrons 2 because that means this game dies and it just becomes another international mess like EA Sports games or Call of Duty franchise.. base minor improvements =/= full price games, but they will charge full price because they can.
Expansion packs continue the longevity, add features/ships/maps/etc.. of a game. So yes, i guess nowadays Expansion pack and DLC can be considered one and the same. But i would stay away from marketing it as one as DLC is now a negative connotation. And certainly stay away from any form of Season or Battle pass.. those are basically as bad as pre-orders for the PROMISE of something good, but you're locking in up front rather than waiting to see the bits piece by piece to see if they're worth buying in the first place.
Old school this. Make an expansion pack, price it accordingly, hell even go back and make a 'shareware' level where they'll allow players without the expansion to play the levels for free but for a 3 or 5 minute limit, just so they can wet their lips on BWings and Endor. One taste, and they'll buy that up a plenty.
But i would still hope they approach it as an expansion pack, because all the assets/game engine etc, is there. I would hate for them to take any/all ideas and roll them up into SW:Squadrons 2 because that means this game dies and it just becomes another international mess like EA Sports games or Call of Duty franchise.. base minor improvements =/= full price games, but they will charge full price because they can.
Expansion packs continue the longevity, add features/ships/maps/etc.. of a game. So yes, i guess nowadays Expansion pack and DLC can be considered one and the same. But i would stay away from marketing it as one as DLC is now a negative connotation. And certainly stay away from any form of Season or Battle pass.. those are basically as bad as pre-orders for the PROMISE of something good, but you're locking in up front rather than waiting to see the bits piece by piece to see if they're worth buying in the first place.
Old school this. Make an expansion pack, price it accordingly, hell even go back and make a 'shareware' level where they'll allow players without the expansion to play the levels for free but for a 3 or 5 minute limit, just so they can wet their lips on BWings and Endor. One taste, and they'll buy that up a plenty.
BullitMagnit74
5 years agoSeasoned Hotshot
@BullitMagnit74 "..this game dies and it just becomes another international mess like EA Sports games or Call of Duty franchise.."
meant to say "iteration-al" not international.
meant to say "iteration-al" not international.