Source? 4.0 is already going to be free, which would make charging for 4.x a bit odd. At present rate 4.x is going to take us well into 2020.
Source? 4.0 is already going to be free, which would make charging for 4.x a bit odd. At present rate 4.x is going to take us well into 2020.
It's common knowledge there is a paid expansion next year. No one know what it IS yet, but it was announced in a very long .. well, announcement just recently.
I tend to disregard any announcements (from anyone, not just fdev) that are over six moths old. I've just gotten stung too many times. If there is something from early to mid 2018 I'll believe it, otherwise whoever said it is probably hoping we'll just forget it was ever mentioned.
It's free for a number of reasons. First, there are lots of changes to the base game, and it needs to change for everyone obviously, no matter if they pay or not. Second, this year it's all been free updates because they realised they needed to fix the game and remove a bunch of "placeholders" (as some people call them), instead of just adding new stuff like atmospheric landings, which are easier to charge for. Third, had they not done this after the community got burned with the (2 year long!) Horizons season, I reckon the game wouldn't be where it is today.
The announcement regarding that the "new era" is already in full production was posted two months ago.
Eh? They've never said any of that.
We do know there's a paid 'major milestone' expansion in the works, and it won't be seasonal, but that's about it.
We don't really know if some freebie updates will fill in the gap or when the DLC will actually drop yet.
(It might be cool if they concentrate primarily on big core freebies like 3.3 inbetween 'milestone' paid DLC, now they've dumped seasons. Could be more coherent. Guess we'll see
)Disregarding statements you've never read isn't really a good idea now is it...
Ian Phillips
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Is that the origin of the saying "in moth balls" ?
Free implies choice - they could have charged for it but magnanimously chose not to; we could have opted not to have it but because it's free it's a no-brainer. There is no adoption choice here, if we want to continue to play we must upgrade.
But you could buy stuff in the shop if you want to pay extra
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A Frontier thread on the Cobra engine, would be very interesting.
Well they have withdrawn half of the update so there's that. Half of it is for free.
Ice planets and Carriers were not "half" of the Q4 update. Your application of mathematics is atrocious; please see teacher after class.
I wish Q4 update being free and addressing core issues in ED see people’s faith in FDev and ED’s future restored and saltiness decreased. Beyond will end on a positive note I think.
From FDev’s part, it kinda makes sense in my opinion. It will now be easier to pay for future DLC, as there’s less reason to claim it should be free and included in the core game from now on. Asking to pay upfront for Horizons was a slight mistake I think, as player’s expectations were difficult if not impossible to meet. With Beyond, I think FDev will have remedied that.
From FDev’s part, it kinda makes sense in my opinion. It will now be easier to pay for future DLC, as there’s less reason to claim it should be free and included in the core game from now on. Asking to pay upfront for Horizons was a slight mistake I think, as player’s expectations were difficult if not impossible to meet. With Beyond, I think FDev will have remedied that.
Exactly, and that £35m+ profit from Jurassic World Evolution's sales will come in very handy for Q4 and Elite's next era's already active production. Continuous development supported by a financially-sound business - noice!