Sales for Hitman games (all platforms)

[Happy_Squirrel]

Wow, incredible timing. Just a coupe of hours after I wrote this post (below) in another thread, a new Epic Store sale has arrived. This time, all of the Access Passes are included at heavily discounted prices as well as the main game. But, once again, the Deluxe Pack remains at full price.

@Happy_Squirrel

Over nine months ago, I pre-ordered the Standard Edition of Hitman 3 for £49.99, assessing the Deluxe Edition to not be worth the extra £25. Since then, the Deluxe Edition has been offered to new players with 50% off at £37.50. That’s already lot cheaper that the base game I purchased before launch.

During this sale, the Deluxe Pack remained at £29.24. The most I am willing to pay is half that price. Yet such an offer has not been made available to me. The message this sends to players: either stump up the cash at launch for the full price Deluxe Edition, or abstain from the game entirely for about 7 months waiting for a sale (and miss Elusive Targets in the meantime).

It is unacceptable that fans who pre-ordered the base game are not able to upgrade during a sale when everyone else is able to buy the Deluxe Edition at 50% off. I’m not even asking for equality here. The Deluxe sale price was £37.50. I paid £49.99 for the base game and would, hypothetically, pay £14.62 for a half price Deluxe Pack. My total spend would still be £64.61.

I really do find this quite shameful now. It’s hard to interpret this as anything other than punishing people who only purchased the base game at launch. What other reason is there for keeping the Deluxe Pack at full price when the Deluxe Edition and all other Access Passes are greatly discounted?

The full game can be purchased for £24.99, whilst the Deluxe Pack is £29.24. Heck, the Deluxe Edition is only £37.49 - by that logic it’s almost as if you’re getting H3 for £8.25 with the Deluxe Pack.