Honestly, I'd think Europe and Eurasia would be released together in a bundle
Spring 2024 DLC Speculation
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Gotta take that hard earned money from european players as much as possible.
That was my initial thought! They might pair packs similar in some way: Europe/Eurasia; North America/Aquatic; Outback/Oceania; Grasslands/Conservation; South America/Tropical; Twilight/Arctic; Africa/Arid
But it looks like they had other plans in mind... The fact that this is the strategy/approach makes me really curious to see what this last DLC is. And how they go about announcing it when the time comes.
I don't think it's a guarantee that they're going to lock them away forever. If you'll recall, those same three species were released as a stand-alone DLC pack on release day. But it wouldn't make sense for them to announce that ahead of pre-orders because they want people to pre-order because of those animals.
It might not be on release day, but if demand is there over time... I'm pretty certain they'll eventually release them as a stand-alone DLC. It would be a really weird move not to, TBH. The people who pre-ordered still get the benefit (i.e., for free and sooner than others) and others can get access by paying a premium.
Honestly think that NA and europe pair quite well. They are both mostly temperate and a few animals splash into both area.
Plus the europe pack is basicly essential to the game if you want to build detailed stuff. The decals, small faux rocks and the other small pieces are something i use in every single build
Plus the europe pack is basicly essential to the game if you want to build detailed stuff. The decals, small faux rocks and the other small pieces are something i use in every single build
I'm even starting to doubt the deluxe animals for console lol
I know there are people here who believe that just because it's animals it's different, but both PC Console and JWE2 have had exclusive pre-order stuff that wasn't available afterwards. So like, if people who play console really want these animals, they better buy them now as there's precedent for Frontier not including pre-order stuff at a later date.
Guess we just got to wait another 4 weeks and hope to hear new news for PZ I guess.
There's precedent for it but I really do think them being animals makes a difference. No way for anybody to know for sure but... I'm still assuming it'll happen. There would be no real practical reason not to release them separately at a later date.
Unless they saw the data on that Deluxe Upgrade DLC and said "Nah, nobody bought this." LOL
EDIT: Nevermind. Post below this one changed my mind.
Yeah but the whole thing about "them being animals makes a difference" is based on.... well nothing really? If PC Console got an exclusive coaster ride, I don't see why an animal is different. Exclusive preorder bonuses are a pretty common practice in the gaming industry, there's more reason to believe they are going to be exclusive than not at this point.
Not that it really matters for most people here as I assume the majority of people here are just PC players, but if anyone who's a console player asks whether they will be exclusive (which is the wording Frontier has used multiple times now) I think the best answer to give them is that they better get them now than be sorry later
Especially since the hippo for pc has dlc in the title, rip console people waiting until after release.
I think that’s arguably the inverse of what is happening if you think logically.
If that was the case, they would announce it, to maximise pre-orders and warn players if they don’t pre-order they miss these animals for good (ie create FOMO).
But they’re not going to announce that the pre-order bonus will be available separately like it currently is on PC, because then people have no incentive to pre-order.
So by avoiding the direct question it almost confirms they will be available to purchase separately because it makes no sense to disclose if they will be but is beneficial to them to announce if they were going to be exclusives.
Exclusive.
These new livestreams are a bit underwhelming for me because I'm not interested in the other games and I miss the old community managers. The special livestreams for Planet Zoo used to gather around 800-1000 viewers and was impossible to read the chat because all the comments going crazy. Now we have around 200 viewers only. I hope the power of Planet Zoo makes Frontier continue with the special Planet Zoo livestreams for future Dlc teases.
Im sure, you are talking about YT or something entirely else, because on twitch stream had over 15k viewers at peak.
PZ December special livestream for comparison.
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I think the planet zoo player base vastly prefers YouTube for the streams, which is why it seems so low compared to now. The much larger Elite dangerous playerbase and all the gift drop stuff seems to overpower any numbers in the past.
Forgive me being darft, but that's sarcasm, right?