Gearbox Promises More "Non-Season Pass" DLC for Borderlands 2

[Fiad]

1. how much does the DLC cost by itself without a season pass because a guy at Gamestop was trying to lull me into buying it

2. who cares at least they are making the game more funner to whoever buys it

In total it would be about 40-45 bucks, season pass was 30. So 10-15 bucks off.

 

[GamingAwesome1]

I thought that was the entire point of a season pass, you pay for all the DLC to be released up front? Nice to see that even a relatively new concept can be twisted a bit.

Can you at least reveal all the details before people buy in? That smacks of trickery since omitting information like that may have slowed some people's decision to purchase.

 

[idodo35]

if it was any other game id be kind of pissed about this i mean i payed for a DLC pack and now im not getting all the DLCs?
but since this is borderlands i know ill get my money worths from the season pass and hey if the new DLCs will be as good as the originals then the more the merier right?

 

[devotedsniper]

So what about the rest of the DLC, a season 2 pass? an ultimate pass? What? Do i get a discount if the 2nd season pass includes the first lot?

I'm kind of annoyed i shelled out £20 for a pass now.

 

[Anthony Wells]

this is coming from a developer who made a dlc pack so large that fans requested the next one be smaller in size... and they promised the 4 season pass dlc's will add as much content as that o0ne did for the first game... SIGN ME UP. I love gearbox. they give out plenty of dlc and options. but here go complainers whining ang complaining about: STOP MILKING AND DIMING US. get over yourselves...when the season pass dlc alone is practically promised to more than double the game time I think the 30 bucks for the 4 are worth it. the rest of the dlc? viechles? guns? more characters? you guys are really bitching about non story related crap? and one guy saying the game isnt complete? IT IS COMPLETE. without the dlc the game has the 3 act structure and runs a good 30 hours before hitting a satisfying ending. and the dlc is like the cake after the main course. optional but not necessary to enjoy your meal. calm the fuck down and get over yourselves about dlc...sometimes its actually good. Borderlands 1 was an example of a game that did dlc like expansion packs ala the old days. and wouldnt you know it the four in the season pass are the same way.....you know what? go ahead and not but it. i will happily give gearbox my money cause i like to support those that actually are trying to give me quality content.

 

[Ruley]

EDIT: My dyslexia strikes again! Entire post made redundant!

£10 mechromancer and 4 additional dlc content for £20?

Best deal for people who didn't preorder but still, a good deal none the less.

However, the creature slaughter dome has been confirmed as future DLC but was a preorder bonus? Possibly making this pass a slightly worse DLC for the hardcore fans who went out of their way to preorder with participating retailers?

We need more details gearbox! And announcing even more DLC packs before clarifying the first isn't helping. If anything, its making an even bigger hole in my bank account!!

 

[GAunderrated]

I love BL2 and I swear I was about to buy the season pass today but I think it will be better to wait for the spring/summer/xmas sales next year to get the DLC on heavy discount.

Asking 30 bucks for the season pass seemed like a great value when it looked like you would get all the DLC for a nice discount if you bundle it. Now we have to consider even more product and that tends to shy people away from buying.

Options are nice, but a saturation of options can be very hazardous. At least for now I can enjoy the vanilla BL2 for many many hours.

 

[weirdee]

COME ON ORIGINAL VAULTERS. BIG MONEEEEEEY

seriously, 8 player mode would make it way easier for our group to play together

 

[WanderingFool]

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Dont bother, as soon as DLC was said, automatic bitching came on.

While the idea of the seasonal pass should cover all DLC, I dont see them releasing more than four "big" DLC. This stuff they're talking about will most likely be small 80 or 160 M$ things.

 

[Scorched_Cascade]

If you actually read the contents of the season pack (you know, that screen when you select it and it gives details?) it details that it's for a discounted price on Four campaign DLCs to be delivered (that is: released) by the latest of June 2013.

I really don't understand the "Grr, rawr, I brought something that clearly said it contained 4 campaign dlcs only but now they announce other stuff!"

>.>

 

[Shadowstar38]

Damn it Gearbox!

I bought your season pass. So I am entitled to ALL your DLC that you make from here until the end of time. That is 100% reasonable. Dont you dare make more than that or I will throw a ***** fit about it!

*flips over a table and screams wildly into the night*

 

[At_The_Gates]

I'm still wondering which update/dlc will introduce securom.

 

[kommando367]

So what's the problem? They said you get your 4 expansion packs with the SP and you'll get them with the SP. You guys don't have to buy every ounce of DLC that comes out.

I will be buying the SP and all the non-expansion DLC anyway (except for the mechro class becuase I get that from my pre-order), but that's becuase I'm a borderlands fanatic and I already know that I'm still going to be playing this game well into next year.

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

That's right sheeple, keep shelling out that dough for a game you already paid $60 for. Once they wring you out for $120 or more total, do you honestly think you will have value equal to a finished sequel to your first $60 product?

Crap like this is just a way to get the gullible to pay $120+ for a damn video game, something not even the most foolish among them would do if that were the starting price tag and all they had to do to punk you was sell you an unfinished product and charge you for the missing pieces.

Spit on their DLC and games that push it, else you only encourage this abusive fleecing of consumers.

Did you know that using the term "sheeple" is the fastest way to make yourself look like an arrogant prick online, and also makes people much less likely to listen to you?

OT: DLC is optional and always has been, this isnt like a Asura's Wrath where we need the DLC to continue the main story, this is DLC that like the first game, will contain mission packs with little relation to the main story whatsoever.

Updating a game with DLC can be good, because surprise surprise, if the game is good, people will want more time out of it.
My stance is that If I really enjoyed the game, then of course I'm gonna buy any DLC that looks interesting. Gearbox already proved themselves with the Borderlands 1 DLC.

Also "season" pass, does not mean forever. If you get a season pass to go paintballing, it does not mean you can go there forever. The season pass clearly says what it entitles you to

 

[Catrixa]

Urgh. I'm loving the meta-complaints ("I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT ALL OF THIS HORRIBLE COMPLAINING!"). Now I'm waiting for the super meta-complaints ("Jim said we should all complain, so I'm complaining! This is, in turn, a complaint about your complaints about all the complaining! Complaint.")

OT: I'm pretty sure the idea of a "season pass" is to have all the DLC be free for those with a "season pass." My guess is that they were trying to mimic a season pass for tickets to see a specific sports team. I'm pretty sure, if I bought a season pass to see the Portland Trailblazers, I'd get to go to all of their home games for free (it's technically not free, since I spent a ton of money on the pass). I would be pissed if I bought a season ticket to all of those home games, but I had to pay for some selection of games because they were deemed "special" via some arbitrary rule system. It might say this on my season pass, but then I'd wonder where the full season pass was. Honestly, I can see why people are frustrated--they wanted a pass for everything; they got what amounts to a mystery bag of stuff.

Honestly, it would make more sense to have tiered passes, or something. Like a "silver pass" for the current pass, but tack on some huge amount of money for a "gold pass." This way the publishers/(to a lesser extent)devs get what they want (a huge amount of money) and customers get what they expect. No more of this "free toy inside!", but it's just a crossword printed on the inside of the box. Make your product titles less ambiguous and offer people what they want. People will pay for what they want, and they'll appreciate your straight-forwardness.

 

[ThePuzzldPirate]

Why are people losing there shit? They announced what was in the season pass, they want to release smaller stuff too, what is the big deal?

Like the other guy side, this is also Kotaku, who's credibility is almost on par with IGN, who gives a fuck what they say.

 

[redmoretrout]

Why do people defend business practices like this one, they deliberately misled their customers into thinking they would have access to all dlc with a single one time, which is why they called it a "season pass". If you bought a season pass under the false impression would were buying access to all dlc released in the near future, you have a right to be pissed off.

 

[FoolKiller]

I bought the game to support them, but was disappointed that I would have had to pre-order at a specific store to get the Mechromancer for free. That seemed unfair.

Really? I know Gamestop had a specific arena type thing, but as far as I was aware every preorder(Regardless of where from) got the Mechromancer later for free. I know a friend of mine on Steam got it.

Steam, BestBuy, or Gamestop/EBGames were the only places. On 360 that list fell to two. I have no pre-order bonus and would have to shell out 800 MSP which after conversion is nearly 13 dollars for the Mechromancer. I'm very disappointed because they punished me for supporting my smaller local store.

 

[Pandaman1911]

Are you ****ing kidding me? The whole point of a season pass is that you pay for all of the DLC right?

Congratulations everyone, we are willing to take even more of your money because doubling the games price wasn't enough for us.

What this handsome fellow said. The only reason I got the season pass was so I could have all the DLC. Guess I should have read the fine print.

 

[Vigormortis]

Seems to me that the non Season pass DLC is just little things like small stuff that doesnt matter at all. Everyone is getting in a hissy fit over this for nothing

TF2 Hats - All i have to say i will leave that there no one has any problem with those... Basicly the same thing gearbox is doing

Come at me Bro

I'm sorry, but how in the hell are cosmetic items, that can be obtained in-game with no real-money exchange, at all similar to premium DLC that can not be acquired without paying real-money?

You argument is flawed, my friend. Seems like a weak counter-point to the genuine calls of "bullshit" on Gearbox.