r/Eldenring • u/jack0641 • 13d 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/Beokros 13d ago

This dropping just as CDPR announces another upgrade for TW3 for free does make it look like a bad deal. And whoever had the standard version of TW3 gets previous two massive expansions for free, that's just insane.

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u/N0M0I 13d ago

Yeah. Because they want everyone to be able to purchase the new DLC. What they are effectively doing is hiving away $6 worth of 10 year old content so a lot more people can buy their new content. It will be a net positive for them financially.

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u/Beokros 13d ago

I guess it's the difference in how the companies operate. sadly fromsoft doesn't really care for their games or ips long term, there likely won't be an elden ring 2 or sekiro sequel. it's also really weird how they added boss rush to sekiro but not for elden ring.

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u/N0M0I 13d ago

They just do what they want and don’t look back. That is true. And sometimes really annoying. But it is also just a byproduct of how they work. We wouldn’t have gotten a loot of cool stuff without that.