I never had the expectation that the actual new content would be free. From my perspective, they delivered on the free promise - dozens of patches (yes patches, not dlc) that addressed the immediate concern, then a dlc that gave a MASSIVE overhaul to most of the systems for free.
This is very similar to The Witcher 3’s launch, where it was in a sorry state, without some of the features they wanted at launch. Those features were then added to the game for free. They called these DLC s which I disagree with, but they were only ever that, the stuff they wanted in to begin with. Then they had actual expansions that you pay money for. Same MO as cyberpunk.
Say what you want about the industry trend to try to obfuscate with new, random definitions for what’s a dlc, what’s a patch, and what’s an expansion. It’s bullshit no matter how you slice that. The industry is shit. But, as far as this specific example goes, they set expectations too high, under delivered, but then gave exactly the reparations they promised.
I never had the expectation that the actual new content would be free. From my perspective, they delivered on the free promise - dozens of patches (yes patches, not dlc) that addressed the immediate concern, then a dlc that gave a MASSIVE overhaul to most of the systems for free.
This is very similar to The Witcher 3’s launch, where it was in a sorry state, without some of the features they wanted at launch. Those features were then added to the game for free. They called these DLC s which I disagree with, but they were only ever that, the stuff they wanted in to begin with. Then they had actual expansions that you pay money for. Same MO as cyberpunk.
Say what you want about the industry trend to try to obfuscate with new, random definitions for what’s a dlc, what’s a patch, and what’s an expansion. It’s bullshit no matter how you slice that. The industry is shit. But, as far as this specific example goes, they set expectations too high, under delivered, but then gave exactly the reparations they promised.