ETS2 1.37 Discussion

[Zakxaev68]

SCS releases for free core contents of the game: map changes on any previous released map zone, trucks, trailers and code features.

Don't expect anything else to be released free; first of all because they deserve to earn money for the work they do.

Like additional map content doesn't bring the big income already... Besides any accessories won't come for free. In exception to fictional parts only. You're right for the most part!

If this company was to spread everything into paid packs, say Dovetail goodbye for ruling the kingdom of (overpriced) paid content. Thank god the wheels turned the opposite way and SCS maintains balance.

EDIT: Is it a coincindence they used the FH 2009 for the cancelled livestream?

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Some of you were discussing about possible Volvo/MAN/MB customizations few pages ago. Totally forgot about this.

[Some newbie driver]

Like additional map content doesn't bring the big income already...

The money they could win with map DLC is irrelevant. It doesn't matter even if they were swimming in gold coins like Scrooge McDuck.

Any content added to the game has a cost for SCS and they have the right to put to it the price they want. If they want to release it freely it's their decision but no way we (the players, any of us) have any right to request, even less demand, that they will come for free.

But people keep requesting such things and using arguments like "they are too expensive", "I've payed enough" or "SCS wins enough money with XXX dlc" (and it's not just here, that same behavior happens everywhere). It seems a collection of ridiculous excuses come from lazy people that never know what is to have to work neither to run a company. If they don't like to pay something, then just don't purchase it and done. But to keep throwing excuses to try to justify they deserve some content for free is a complete lack of respect towards SCS and its employees.

[SirVirgoTheMess]

I agree once again with what @Some newbie driver said.
You people should be very glad SCS gives us the trucks and some content in updates for free.And that they still update both games after so many years.They could charge for that,but they're giving it for free.And it's not like they were releasing paid content every month or 2 or 3.

[Davina]

They spelt "cancelled" incorrectly.

[xXCARL1992Xx]

they didnt, both versions exist, 1 l in american english 2 l in british english, wich one you use, nobody cares

[Zakxaev68]

I agree once again with what @Some newbie driver said.
You people should be very glad SCS gives us the trucks and some content in updates for free.

Again, do you think they will prosper if everything was served paid on the plate? Be realist for once, ffs. It isn't like SCS would have sold trucks anyways; doubt manufacturers would have agreed. Licensed trucks in this game represent an interactive advertisement for their manufacturers. Common sense, that is. Though even paid tuning packs feel okay. Nobody insisted for sure everything should be given out for free like it's a college camp party

Are you being sold a truck at the showroom before you can hop in and test drive.... Looks like that's your logic. A very bad one.

In addition, you can't expect to keep the game fun for newcomers with only map packs. You need to add a bit of the other things, features will come in the next two updates, yet to see if trucks will receive some real love or the ones introduced when the game released, will remain the same forever. Mods can't really be pointed at. We do have stellar reworks, such as Eugene's, Schumi's, etc, though they are made in specific way and dependant on things to work. One big change in the core game - for example the windows opening animation, requires serious work, to make them usable for future updates.

Shall wait and see...

They spelt "cancelled" incorrectly.

Yeap. And the truck has a roofbar that isnt available yet. Speaks something to me.

[xXCARL1992Xx]

It isn't like SCS would have sold trucks anyways; doubt manufacturers would have agreed. Licensed trucks in this game represent an interactive advertisement for their manufacturers. Common sense, that is. Though even paid tuning packs feel okay. Nobody insisted for sure everything should be given out for free like it's a college camp party

this is nonsense, at the end SCS decides how the trucks will be delivered, if they want to sell them as DLCs, they can do it, because that way they would get the money invested into it back, this has nothing to do with licenses because the Schwarzmüller and Krone trailers could also have been given for free

it is only SCS decision that trucks are free updates to the game because they are a main part of it, it has nothing to do with advertisements or anything because the chance that a company buys a truck because he saws it in the game is 0%, those people get their infos from more serious sources, self test drives or because they are sworn to one manufacturer

[Zakxaev68]

Yet they wouldn't have done that in order not to damage their reputation to a point they need to explain themselves left and right, such things can backfire seriously. Say, the base game has 7 brands, each brand has 1 truck model granted to the player for free, the rest remain paid.

Sounds like nonsense too. Once you rush decisions, will take you twice the time and resources you invested to regain the trust in your customers. I don't pretend to have been a brand manager/company director or something, though @Some truck driver seems like having years of expertise in that field. SCS chose this model of content distribution for good reason. Balance or nothing.

We already have studios that prefer to sell their shallow products in small pieces and utilise shady practices, I don't need that to happen to this company too. You may do too.

[xXCARL1992Xx]

they only choose it because with trucks you dont have the variety as with cars, if we had trucks en mass like cars every truck, or ever 5 truck would be bundled and soled as a DLC, has nothing to do with reputation or anything, it was just SCS decision to say trucks are our main content and we will add them for free

believe me, would EA do this you would only get 1 truck and the rest would be a DLC or lootboxes

[Zakxaev68]

Carl, you obviously never saw what Dovetail or Tripwire in specific, do to its catalogue, can't speak about Electronic Farts - long lost me as a consumer (Crysis, 2007). You go full commercial on your customer base, you won't win the hearts of everyone except few brainwashed anti-consumer individuals.

Useless to argue about two worlds anymore. Too much "if's". Better hope trends won't steal SCS Software's independency soon.