Wednesday, October 17th 2018
Fallout 76 Platinum Edition Costs $115, Doesn't Include the Game!
Bethesda sure is testing their fan base in more ways than one with the upcoming Fallout 76 game. First, we learnt that it was an online experience with no single-player campaign. Then came the news of an exclusive (at least at launch) use of the Bethesda.net launcher rather than Steam for the PC platform. Interest in the game was mediocre at best, if online gaming communities are anything to go by, and today we got to know about the Fallout 76 Platinum Edition that costs a whopping $115 USD but does not even include the actual game!
That's right, Bethesda in their infinite wisdom are selling this alongside the standard $60 edition, a $80 Tricentennial Edition, and an even more expensive $200 Power Armor Edition. The other editions all include the game, because why not, but this $115 edition is sold as a gear and comes with goodies galore for the hardcore Fallout fan. If you wanted to shell out the cash for a guide to the game universe, a collector's case, a numbered art print, mini journals, postcards, maps and more, you can find the link in the source. For everyone else, hold on to your horses and see how the game is received by the media before even deciding if the base game itself is worth it. Bethesda is setting a dangerous precedence here with physical goodies for pre-order based off an online game that is not even out yet, and all we can do with vote with our wallets by keeping them shut.
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That's right, Bethesda in their infinite wisdom are selling this alongside the standard $60 edition, a $80 Tricentennial Edition, and an even more expensive $200 Power Armor Edition. The other editions all include the game, because why not, but this $115 edition is sold as a gear and comes with goodies galore for the hardcore Fallout fan. If you wanted to shell out the cash for a guide to the game universe, a collector's case, a numbered art print, mini journals, postcards, maps and more, you can find the link in the source. For everyone else, hold on to your horses and see how the game is received by the media before even deciding if the base game itself is worth it. Bethesda is setting a dangerous precedence here with physical goodies for pre-order based off an online game that is not even out yet, and all we can do with vote with our wallets by keeping them shut.
36 Comments on Fallout 76 Platinum Edition Costs $115, Doesn't Include the Game!
So let the idiot suckers do it.
I'm starting to understand more and more people pirating those games. Callous ridiculous prices for mediocre games...
Immerse yourself in the largest Fallout environment ever with the Platinum Edition guide to post-nuclear West Virginia!
Well you'd need to ignore a bunch of things to think that would include the game. They do seem to be getting you both ways, collectors versions of the game plus collector versions of the game guide, it's not like they even sell it in the normal slots, you have to go out of your way to get directed to buy that guide over all the other channels to purchase versions of that game.
And as far as the price goes. It's a collectors item, prices were never low for these.
Edit: before finishing I started looking around.....this trend is alive with many PC games. No wonder I missed it since I’ve played smaller or Indy titles for the last year mostly*. Just wow.
*Despite playing fewer AAA games recently, the basic $60 for Odyssey is some of the best money I have spent on a game in years.
I've got the Fallout: New California release on the 23rd of October and a whole winter's worth of Witcher III to look forward to.
:),
Liquid Cool
Right, getting the wallet out and buying it immediately!
The main quest will still be there whenever you pick up parts of it in each region you travel.
Mine.
543 hours as of today.
:),
Liquid Cool
The cost of gaming has outweighed the fun by a long way theses days, and with the price of games, which i understand cost silly money to produce block buster titles, but it has outweighed the fun in games.
what are you really paying for? probs mostly for the cut scene movies in the game?
either way the cost has killed the fun for me these days, down to all the games are just the same/clone of run around, shoot, pick up etc only difference being with graphics and story, your still repeating a formular from years back.
it's worn thin for me after 24 years of capitalism
I laugh at the price of the games on my Xbox One X and rare i buy any games new.
As for FO76.. I like the series, but I might pass on this. I didn't even play TES Online, and I'm a much bigger TES fan.
Edit:It isn't capitalism doing this. It is people being distracted by shiny advertisements and wanting to be cool. If it was capitalism, you would see TW3 loot crate patch. Which, if that ever happens then it will be a sad day as the last bastion of pc gaming will have fallen.
I passed on TES Online as well...and yes...I'm becoming a huge fan of the series(Currently making a run at Morrobliovion and I love it!) with Oblivion being my favorite. Specifically...what Martin Septim did...I had tears welling up. No, not kidding. I hope Bethesda is happy enough with TES Online and leaves TES 6 just as the other titles are ~ single player.
Delphine? I got back to her long enough to grab a Blade's sword, but got lost looking for Esbern in the ratway. I might head back there soon...Mjoll and I are currently going back to clean out Mzulft. I have a very strict "no leaving any goodies behind" policy. No rush...:).
I don't have the SE version of Skyrim so I haven't played any of the DLC...I thought I'd wait until I got good and tired of the vanilla game...and then splurge. I hope at least some of it is worth it.
Best,
Liquid Cool
So now the long wait for Fallout 5 begins. Oh well I'm still enjoying Fallout 4... *shrugs*
capitalism has it's place as it's needed to move forward, but when capitalism is abused like it is in today's society it defeats it's practical use, other than to feed greed.
at this rate it will become self destructive, if they don't come to terms with the greed.