As the old routes and locos will no longer be supported and updated, for how long will they still be available to buy and will they be sold at a discounted price?
Some of the routes are going into the preserved section of TSW and DTG stated in the TSW2 release video that anyone who purchases a preserved route on either platform will be buying the license for both (so if you buy it on TSW1 after the TSW2 release date you'll get it on both games) So they will likely remain in the sale system, but not be routinely discounted.
Some ?? I thought ALL of the old routes are going into the preserved section. I think the only question marks that remain are GWE, RT and NEC. I hope their fate will be made clear in the next TSW2 Q&A stream.
That's not what I got from the stream but I haven't listened back to that specific section. I don't remember them saying any specifics that were or were not included on launch day
They clearly stated that all TSW DLC would be ported over as preserved routes. As I see it, that's all routes except GWE/RT/NEC as they were never DLC's but came with the Original game when it first came out. I hope they will be ported over as well, but it's not been confirmed and that makes me doubt it.... And my doubt only grows as DTG remain very quiet when it comes to those original three routes. As I said, I hope they'll clarify it in the next Q&A stream
I'm of the belief not only the original TSW routes are for the chop, but also any DLC that came to TSW *BEFORE* the 2020 update, so until I hear otherwise, I'm expecting only TSW2020 specific DLC will become the Preserved Collection. My advice, don't uninstall TSW2020 if you want to play your older routes
Wether they can be ported or not, I would still like to play them in TSW1 because of keeping my old scores etc, however there are a few that I haven’t got but would like to have, but don’t think they are now worth full price of £25 per route if, like I said at the start of this post, they are no longer supported or updated.
They will still work in TSW and as far as we know will be available to buy for a long time to come. The lack of updates won’t change anything because most content has had all the updates they were ever likely to get. Pick them up in sales, I’m sure there will be bargains to be had for a long while yet.
Actually that's a good point, especially in relation to the PS store. Some/all(?) of the original DLC for TSW1 is being updated to work with TSW2. When TSW2 is released I'm assuming the compatible dlc will be listed under the new title. Now the PS store generally won't let you purchase dlc for a title you don't own. So are you still going to be able to get the current dlc for TSW1 after it's been updated for version 2? Will it still be listed as available for TSW1? I suppose it may depend on whether the modified dlc will still be backwards compatible with TSW1 anyway. There's not usually 2 versions of the same dlc available on the store, it would get confusing. We'll have to see what happens.
They're still DLC MattP already said in the stream that all TSW1 DLC will be available as TSW2 preserved DLC and if you purchase a TSW1 DLC you will automatically get access to the TSW2 preserved version and vice versa That's a bit more confused. First they said no more updates to TSW1 content, then they repeated that, then later in the vid they said any updates would only be to the TSW2 versions... Guess we'll wait and see
Are they though? Technically speaking, virtually all game data is DLC since you need you download everything locally. But DLC also refers to add-on content, so it could go either way. I guess we'll have to wait for confirmation.
Hop over to the thread https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/questions-and-feedback-following-tonights-livestream.23282/ in the Playstation Forum. In post 33 Sam clearly states ALL routes and loco's will come over into TSW2, but not all will be available at launch
Yes, even though they come with TSW in every bundle they've released, they're still addon content rather than integral so they're DLC in my book. Others may vary
ARuscoe, I'd agree. TSW when first released on PC only had Heavy Haul, so therefore everything else has been paid for add-on content to someone starting then. It just depends at which point you jumped into the game as to what you consider anything extra.
Let me clarify everything for you: All routes will be in the preserved collection. As said in livestream there will not be any discounts on previous DLC.....but they will still be available to purchase.
Additional to this, any preserved route you get for TSW1 you will automatically get for TSW2 and vice versa (confirmed in the stream) so it's not (at the moment) an either or. So you can buy something to run on TSW1 on routes DTG don't yet have updated for TSW2 etc