I agree that paradox or EA would doubtless have done microtransactions for each DE. They may also have released a software season pass for all in game content which I’d far rather stump for. Really, how many of the deluxe edition purchasers would have actively purchased the soundtracks for $8-10 dollars each? And they are the only worthwhile non-game content. This comfortably falls under the classification of “welcome extra freebie” like the Hitman ecomic you get for setting up an IOI account. For the same reason in the good old days of buying physical special editions vs deluxe editions I would get the cheapest one with ALL the ingame content/dlc and extras, not the one with a bunch of polystone “collectables” and other crap for another $20-30.
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