• Maalus@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Season pass means you get all the dlc / expansions for a discounted price since you are buying “in bulk”. So it is about as “buying it normally” as it gets. The difference Steam introduces now is that they need to state what will be in the pass and when it can be expected.

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      1 month ago

      The discount is mostly for giving them your money early, not for buying in bulk. Money is worth more the earlier you get it, because it can be invested. You’re giving them money for the promise of something in the future, with very little knowledge on what that is.

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        1 month ago

        Except you can buy season passes after they are released and no more dlc are planned.

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          1 month ago

          Not usually, no. You can sometimes buy packs of DLCs, but that’s not a season pass —though it may use that name. A season pass is, as the name implies, a pass to get whatever content comes that season (or whatever period).