The Galaxy has never been so vast and full of wonders! The Stellaris Expansion Subscription is a great way to experience the ultimate Space Grand Strategy experience with unlimited access to all additional content.
Eh, I like their DLC policy. I'd rather pay a little every year or so and get a continually updated game than pay a lot every few years with no updates in the meantime. But that's only true for grand strategy games where a new release isn't likely to significantly change gameplay, just add flavor and whatnot.
The one change I'd make is making DLC free after a few years, so there's less to catch up on. That would reduce the barrier to entry for new players like subscriptions do, while still funding ongoing development by existing players who don't want to have a subscription.
I usually wait a year or so to get a discount, especially since it takes about that long for them to fix the bugs anyway.
Yeah, clearly offering more ways to legitimately purchase their content is predatory… Stellaris is EIGHT years old at this point, it’s hard to find another single player game that’s still supported and updated as well. Every dlc also brings a free update, so all owners benefit.
You're being downvoted, but these are the same arguments people made back then. It starts small, and if it works, there's more and more of it.
That said, I'm subscribed to XBGP (for PC) because I've found that it's a fair bit cheaper for me than owning the games, and I rarely miss a game after I've played it. And if I do really want to play it later again, I buy it. Sometimes I wait for a big sale, and sometimes it's just a little sale.
I think $10/mo is ridiculous, considering XBGP for PC is the same price, but that's on them to figure that price point out.
I'm predicting this will be a dismal failure. I count about $200 in DLC currently, so if you bought them over time and played with them each individually (instead of being overwhelmed with them right away) you could probably have about the same spend over 2 years, but you'd own them.
And if you wait for a sale that subscription is horrible value.
There is no difference between the "Expansion Subscription" being offered now and "Season Passes" which have existed for more than a decade. Not sure where you got the idea that you're raising the alarm early, but you're a decade behind the curve.