DLC Subscription.
Payday 2 has been out for twelve years now, and over that point it has accrued a large quantity of DLC. We’re talkin 79 DLC packages on Steam totaling over $250 USD in MSRP. A giant ask for somebody entering into the sport for the primary time.
So what does Starbreeze do to onboard newer gamers? DLC Subscription. For $5 monthly or $20 for six months you will get entry to all the DLC up entrance. You don’t personal it, however you get to play it whereas subscribed and possibly funnel you into shopping for it someday down the road.
The playerbase isn’t completely happy. As of immediately over 300 folks have taken to the Steam evaluations to present the sport a destructive score and take the latest assessment rating to a blended 62%. The addition of the subscription got here alongside a poorly timed improve in value to the sport’s Notorious DLC package deal and gamers are taking that as an indication that Starbreeze is additional attempting to funnel folks into the “hire however don’t personal” subscription.
Starbreeze has been within the doghouse for his or her gamers after the disastrous launch of Payday 3 and the information that the corporate can be receiving “a considerably decrease stage of funding” in its second yr. Starbreeze can also be persevering with work on Undertaking Baxter, a Dungeons & Dragons recreation.
