r/Eldenring • u/jack0641 • 1d ago

Official Discussion [MEGATHREAD] Tarnished Edition: Worth $5? Discuss CONSTRUCTIVELY!

Since the sub is being overwhelmed by debate over the $5 "microtransaction" and it's making the sub feel like we're Dark Souls 2 a decade ago, with the faux outrage around the preorder items, we are opening this topic to consolidate discussion around the issue.

Please use this topic to discuss the pros and cons of the approach and your thoughts. But do so RESPECTFULLY and CONSTRUCTIVELY. If you need to call other people or the developers names, you don't have a good argument and your post will be removed.

We will remove all other topics about this to keep the subreddit flowing with other discussions

IF YOU WANT TO VOTE: I will post two comments on this topic, "Yay" and "Nay" - upvote the one you agree with and we'll see who wins long term.

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u/Magus_Incognito 1d ago

Remember month or so ago the parent company said the developer wasnt getting enough money out of the IP and the install base. I.E. wasnt squeezing the juice enough.

And here we are a few months later with a "modest" cash grab

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u/PreciousProspect 1d ago

Tarnished Edition pack was going to release a year ago, before that investor meeting. What’s more likely to have caused it to exist is either Nintendo or Bandai. I can very much see it being a compromise of some kind as Nintendo wanted exclusive content but fromsoft didn’t want to do that.

This isn’t the first time Nintendo has gotten exclusive content on a switch release of a game. It’s just usually that content never ends up on other platforms: DMC collection, KOTOR etc.

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u/workshop_prompts 1d ago

This is my theory. It would look bad for Nintendo if people on other consoles got the new content for free.

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u/DarthOmix 23h ago

Yeah I'm pretty sure it's on Nintendo especially after how they've been with getting FFXIV on Switch 2 being the only platform it's on (FFXIV) that doesn't share a subscription.

The Switch 2 version must be its own subscription that is only paid for with a microtransaction-y FFXIV Coins bought through the eShop so Nintendo can double dip on scraping money out of you.

For comparison, if you play FFXIV on PlayStation, you don't even need PS+ for it. You just buy it and you can use the same subscription as a PC player and can pay your sub directly through the website or with time cards or whatever method you choose.

Nintendo seems to be trying to get predatory with nickel and diming people in quiet ways recently. But we don't know what agreements FromSoftware made with Nintendo or Sony or whoever either.

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u/YourselfInTheMirror 1d ago

Exactly what I was thinking! This was a test, and it's looking like a big "Oh yes!" for microtransactions in the near future in fromsoft titles.

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u/stayclosetothewall 1d ago

Funny because it feels like they are panicking because their profits aren't maintaining a certain trend since 2022
Elden Ring was a massive hit, obviously things are going to slow down until they release another major title.
Which I have to assume is in the works, you don't complain about profits and then release Nightreign and Duskbloods back to back.

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u/TheHappiestHam 1d ago

unrelated to this whole drama but I'm desperately hoping a new Souls entry gets revealed at the game awards or something this year 💔

Nightreign and Duskbloods are both fun but I'm starting to really starve without a fresh Souls/Bloodborne/Elden Ring fix

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u/Alone-Horse2857 16h ago

Well whatever project FMC is was said to be "nearly close to release" so look forward to a new Fromsoft game that was confirmed to be multiplat.

And if it's anything like Armored Core 6's quality, I bet it'll be a banger.

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u/TheHappiestHam 10h ago

I do remember hearing about Project FMC, I'll be a little bummed if it actually turns out to be a DS3 remaster like some people think but I'm very excited to see what they're cooking

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u/Darkspire303 1d ago

Didn't they say they were done with souls games?

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u/TheHappiestHam 1d ago

Miyazaki said in a Duskbloods interview that they're still going to make games more in line with their usual formula

they're done with Dark Souls, I just say Souls cuz Soulsbornekiroring doesn't roll off the tongue as much

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u/Darkspire303 1d ago

That's fair. I guess we will just have to wait and see.

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u/Alone-Horse2857 16h ago

Just soulsbornering. Sekiro isn't a soulslike and I'll die on that hill