All currently-available TSW3-exclusive DLC (which is any one of the individual starter routes) show as $39.99/€35.99/£29.99. May we assume that this will be the price of TSW3 routes going forward? Cheers
To get back on topic, if these are the new dlc prices, then I would wonder why they would increase the price when dovetail have said over and over that increased prices wouldn't mean the quality would change or get better. I hope dtg can make tsw3 dlc's be consistent in terms of quality though. Too much inconsistency in tsw2
They also didn't say that they wouldn't increase prices. I think this is the natural result of maintaining the same DLC prices over a long span of time. Currency and living costs inflate (certainly a lot in the last year) and prices cannot be held forever. I think RSC started selling route DLC way back in 2010 at the £24.99 pricepoint. Cheers
Prices are still the same for me on Steam for both games. Only the TSW3 ones are more expensive, so I'd assume that'll be the new route price (£30 in the UK) going forward.
I have a feeling the tsw3 routes are more expensive simply because there was a lot of work. The german high speed route being 186km, cajon pass being 85miles, sehs is now 90 miles with a ton of reworks like sounds, timetables, etc. Unless dtg says something official, I would assume the dlc prices will be the same as what it was in tsw2.
My counter to that would be that Spirit of Steam is also increased in price despite not having any route extensions. Cheers
If they are going with a general price increase for new(er) content, then as a counter it’s high time some of the tired old stuff, like Rush Hour, got permanently discounted to the bargain bin <£10. It’s certainly not the best time to be considering a price rise as, while so far as the UK is concerned yesterdays news contains a bit of amelioration as regards energy prices, we are not out of the woods yet. If people are struggling to balance their domestic budget, then optional leisure software is going to get the chop. Better to up the quality so people really want the DLC and sell more copies at the current price levels.
I think given the cost of living increases its natural that DTG are going to have to increase prices. Remember that the energy price cap doesn't apply to businesses here in the UK so their energy bills will be sky rocketing Perhaps we're going to see less quantity but higher quality until the economy settles down
Inflation. It is particularly bad in the UK for many political reasons we shall not be discussing in this thread. I should imagine DTG will be giving their employees a pay increase without them needing to go on strike to get it. In order to pay for the increased cost of development the price of DLC has been increased. It was inevitable really and fully expected. Now that we’ve seen the new price for single DLC the price of the TSW3 starter bundles doesn’t seem so high. I’ve had a DLC buying strategy of buying most UK routes when they release at full price and all other routes I want in sales. I might add in an extra strategy of not buying so many DLC because the price of everything else I’m paying for has gone up way more than the DLC has. Or I may sit in a cold house nibbling on a single cream cracker while driving all the shiny new trains as a plan B to cope with it all.
While yes the routes are longer, it's mainly due to that they wanted to make those routes and not due to their length. DTG have said that they won't do extensions and have also said to not expect every route to be 112+ miles long. We can easily have a route that is just 20 miles again. Not to mention they increased the price on Spirit of Steam even though it sold for $29.99 in tsw2 and that isn't a long route to be fair
This reminds me of when sony increased the price of the PS5 using inflation as it's reason. It's funny that they didn't increase the price of the PS5 in the U.S though
That was because the US Dollar is v strong right now vs the Yen, so the currency movement meant Sony still got more Yen per Dollar sale. https://www.google.com/finance/quot...egQIAhAb&window=1Y&comparison=GBP-JPY,EUR-JPY
Those routes probably cost more because they come with the Training Center. You are basically buying the base game plus a route.
No, these are the DLC versions, not the game bundles. You would buy Spirit of Steam as a DLC for the game if you bought the US starter pack, for example. Cheers
