I can't be cooked,I can't be roasted! You will fall to the Great Nurgle
*Corruption hug* Now,see the truth,Battle Sister.

Were you aware to the existence of this?

Our good friend Endre I think brought my attention to it.
Don't let the missus hear you saying that, unless she's the one wearing them.

Thank you for the link, j0ekerr.

What is it with all the Chaos worshippers tonight? Hopefully the weekend promo will lighten your hearts and show you the errors of your ways. :-)

You waste your time. I will die before serving the dark powers. And no blob is immune to the holy fire. I am just too nice to use my flamer on you at the moment to cook you to a crisp. :-)

Come on, play nice, you can't just simply go "No sell" to whatever they throw at you.

I'm amorphous and I resist said "holy" fire. Nurgle will love you as a doughter the way the False Emperor never did. His warriors you sing you songs of joy for joining our ranks and if I die*big hug* you will go with me.
I've tampered your power supply to overload and I'll only reverse it if you join us,you don't want your Sisters to die would you?

Don't look at me like that, I'm just here, eating cookies; and waiting for the moment the golden throne finally peters out and Terra does a goatse on the galaxy.

I'll send you the pictures.

Oh yeah, about that.

I was somewhat disappointed to find out the existence of a season's pass despite former statements that upcoming DLC for witcher 3 would be free and would remain free.

I suppose the meaning of the word free is negotiable, now and always.

But are people actually cancelling their pre-orders?

Spoken like a true servant of Chaos. Too lazy to do anything productive and prefers to let the cultists come to him. Much easier than actually working for the dark lords, plus you get to enjoy more cookies. :-)

The be slimmed!*slimmy hug* This goo will take days to wash away,at least smells like bacon.

Saw some threads here that are pretty much saying this but I just find the whole thing stupid. Just senseless whining.

The thing is, the new content is an expansion, not quite a DLC. It is a full length expansion to the game, like we got in the good old days. I see no problem with them charging for it, I just think it could have been handled better and worded better.

Well I had better call it a night. Goodnight everybody! I hope you enjoy what is left of your evening and have a good nights sleep when you decide to call it a night.

*goodnight hugs and waves*

I think it depends on the definitions of DLC. If that means "neglectable small stuff" like costumes, hairstyles etc, that other companies charge for - and I think that is what CDPR meant - they will keep their promise.

If it means "everything expanding on the original game", well then they didn't. But honestly, after playing throught BG2, should Throne of Bhaal have been free? Not even "Tales of the Sword Coast" (I think, comparable to the Witcher expansions) was a free upgrade.

What they offer are new questlines, characters, loot and (with one expansion) new areas. So real "expanded" game time. The equivalent of the "expansion disks" of old, that were rarely free. Is this DLC (downloadabe content)? Stretched wide every fucking game (and movie) on GOG is "downloadable content". With the narrow definition of DLC being arbitrary, cosmetic changes...

What I can agree on is that the timing on the "expansion pass" is really bad. And calling it "pass". The main game isn't even out yet, and already they are selling "the next thing"? Absurd. And "pass" has a bad ring for all burnt "Season pass" buyers who got disappointed because the first few parts were good, and then the quality diminished because the money had already been brought in.
*BIG GOOD NIGHT HUG*

I suppose it mostly depends on your definition of DLC, techinically an expansion falls under DLC.

You could argue and nitpick at the terms used. And thus you get that the free DLC will be skins, weapons and minor stuff, while the big stuff that actually adds hours of gameplay and new areas would cost money.

However I don't remember reading that. What I remember reading is that all upcoming DLC would be free.

What irritates me is the way CDPR stated their intentions to give away DLC for free in an open letter as a "TAKE THAT TRIPLE A INDUSTRY, WE DON'T HAVE TO PLAY YOUR GAME!" only for them to do exactly that.

With the exception of free to play games, in which those are the business model, I am often appalled at the mere idea that some people would waste actual money on cosmetic changes. Those should be free on principle.

It's half past two, I think I'm gonna crash.

Oy blobz, any nice mango to read on my e-ink device before I fall asleep?

Completely agree. I think we're both on the same page here, it's not what they did, it's how they did it.

"Pass" has become a dirty word in videogames, coupled with the world "season", even more so

It's even more annoying because the open letter with which they puffed out their chests, and which is still quite fresh in the minds of many, seemed to imply that they would not be doing this sort of thing. I infered that they would be pursue a different business model.

EDIT: re-reading the damn thing, it's bloody obvious that the DLC in question were cosmetic and game tweaks (temerian armor, beard and hairstyle). Never was it mentioned that that same policy would be applicable to expansions.

And yet the triumphant, admonishing and in your face tone of the text, implied this would be so. Or at least that they'd not go down the road most travelled.