Quick question (assuming TSW 6 will be a similar process) If anyone did this on TSW 5 I'd be appreciative if you told me it's possible. After acquiring the free starter pack are you then still able to purchase an edition of the game. (Standard, Deluxe or Special) Curios because I don't believe I will have enough storage for a full edition + all of my add ons. My plan was to get the free starter pack, transfer all of my add ons then delete the TSW5 versions to clear up space, then purchase an edition. I would love some help. Thank you
100% you can - the free starter pack is kind of a gateway into the paid version of the game to some extent (as well as allowing existing users to get the new features for their existing content etc.)
The starter pack is just the core game with no routes. In theory you could even, for example, grab the free starter pack at launch, go ahead and buy the standard edition in the xmas sales for a tenner to get the base 3 routes, and then in the summer sales pick up the deluxe edition for the same price once it's on an even deeper discount, to get the additional route/loco stuff, and still overall pay less than what the standard edition cost at launch. You can generally always buy a higher tier edition of the core version of a game you already own on a store, though it varies game to game and store to store as to which ones will provide an additional discount for already owned parts of the bundle.
Think of the new TSW as just a patch, DTG are giving us this patch to upgrade the game. I took the free game last year because the new route I was interested in WCML was in bits, so I thought no I am not paying full price for that. Then around Christmas there were some sales, I looked at just purchasing some locos and by the time I paid for 1 or 2 locos, it was more expensive than buy one of the packs, so I bought one of the packs. If storage is a problem, look on Amazon for a PS5 M.2 heat sink 2TB or 4TB. If you have already bought a M.2 then look to getting the PS5 pro as she has 2TB internal storage drive and you can bring your M.2 across to the pro, then you can off set the cost of buying the pro by selling your standard PS5 and not having to buy a more expenstive M.2 and you are not wasting your current M.2, if that makes sense?
