The Dakotas (North and South) Discussion Thread
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Yes, that's exactly my opinion. The Dakotas don't deserve to be released separately. Here could be the big opportunity to make the two states together in a single DLC.
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Î was really surprised MT was 12 bucks! Texas will most likely be around 18 bucks. Those "smaller" states if they are single no more than a 10er
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I want them single. Looking forward to Mt. Rushmore, Deadwood and some Deadwood historic characters name for South Dakota.
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^You can still get all that if they come bundled. Bundled doesn't change what in them.
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The characteristics of each state will exist. They being released together is more a matter of both states sharing many characteristics and in size being released separately doesn't make much sense. The two Dakotas together is almost the Montana size.
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Selling them as a bundle also saves the marketing time and cost (blogs, streams, everything regarding Steam) for doing 2 releases compared to 1.
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^I never thought of that but definitely true. You get more bag for your buck. Dakota's dlc just sounds better than North Dakota and South Dakota. Much easier to market combined. There are tons of people that A) consider them as flyovers and may skip them B) complain they are not bundled and C) cheaper. Better to sell both at $17.99 than both for $23.98 separately. Tell me which price you'd rather pay? You pay an extra $5.99 if they are solo. There are enough people complaining about price as is.
For everything great that both states have, combine under one dlc would be a huge marketing help that will convince more people to buy vs solo. Remember that bundled does not mean you must by bundled. Both states should be made simultaneously by 2 different teams and released together to make a bundle. If you don't want both, don't buy the bundle. But for those that want both, a bundle is wise.
For everything great that both states have, combine under one dlc would be a huge marketing help that will convince more people to buy vs solo. Remember that bundled does not mean you must by bundled. Both states should be made simultaneously by 2 different teams and released together to make a bundle. If you don't want both, don't buy the bundle. But for those that want both, a bundle is wise.
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I meant the lower marketing costs are a pro for SCS, but yeah they are a pro for the players as well
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There's a big difference between two DLC's being produced separately but sold at the same time at a discount vs calling the states 'bundled'. In the sense we've been talking, that's essentially saying the DLC content will be produced/edited and created as one unit. Maybe it's a semantic conversation, but after the wee wee slap someone else got for going slightly off topic (eye roll here) on a different 300 page thread... it seems semantics and protocol are heavily favored here.
But to my point. There is going to be enough DLC bundled (If SCS does it the way everyone here keeps speculating) down the road that might be close to, but not quite XXX square miles for $11.99. Might be as much as 20,000 sq miles short. The trade off is making the money on these states that ARE 70,xxx sq mile sized states. It's absolutely a trade off. No one thought Montana was going to be $11.99, but it was.... I'm guessing because SCS knew they'd make up a little bit on the two eastern border states. And I'm okay with that. If it keeps consistency of the DLC price and size, I'm okay with it, every now and again. But I know @flight50 has mentioned before, and I whole heartedly agree with the idea that Montana and Texas sized DLC will ONLY happen for Montana and Texas DLC. After that, we're back to smaller states. Sometimes maybe bundled. Sometimes not. Montana was 140,000 sq miles. The DLC "bundle" being proposed here: 147,820. I'm not saying it won't happen. But it would be absolutely an out of left field play if they did it. It would be a terrible financial move, business wise. Flight and others have said it, we aren't going to start seeing ETS chunks here.... we'll get big states as single DLC and smaller ones (hopefully) as bundled DLC, or as single states released at a lower rate. If Texas for some ungodly reason (and I don't believe this will be the case, reread that: I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WILL BE THE CASE, put the flame throwers down all) comes out at $11.99, I'd absolutely expect that money they didn't ask for Texas would be made up in future DLC.
Calling it bundled means everything happens together. Production/marketing/higher fixed price point. Creating two separate products side by side with separate teams and two separate marketing efforts, but then selling two states as a buy X get Y for Z% off is a different conversation all together. Semantics, maybe. But I don't see them bundling these states for both financial and the reasons listed above.
I also haven't seen this constantly mentioned price point argument yet. Maybe I haven't been looking for it, but I haven't seen it anywhere here. If it exists here and I've missed it, 100% apologies. But I'd like someone to point out more than a few instances of it. Judging by the worldoftrucks ticker logging the miles in Cruising Montana, I'm guessing that's not a real big concern. About 125 hours into Montana's release and the cruising goal is already at 62,863,XXX miles. Just a little over 5 full days, and we're over 62% of the way to the 100,000,000 miles goal. That is not an insignificant statistic. I think the "people are complaining about the price point" is another one of those phantom fact arguments to essentially say "shut up" to the people who are disagreeing with you.
But to my point. There is going to be enough DLC bundled (If SCS does it the way everyone here keeps speculating) down the road that might be close to, but not quite XXX square miles for $11.99. Might be as much as 20,000 sq miles short. The trade off is making the money on these states that ARE 70,xxx sq mile sized states. It's absolutely a trade off. No one thought Montana was going to be $11.99, but it was.... I'm guessing because SCS knew they'd make up a little bit on the two eastern border states. And I'm okay with that. If it keeps consistency of the DLC price and size, I'm okay with it, every now and again. But I know @flight50 has mentioned before, and I whole heartedly agree with the idea that Montana and Texas sized DLC will ONLY happen for Montana and Texas DLC. After that, we're back to smaller states. Sometimes maybe bundled. Sometimes not. Montana was 140,000 sq miles. The DLC "bundle" being proposed here: 147,820. I'm not saying it won't happen. But it would be absolutely an out of left field play if they did it. It would be a terrible financial move, business wise. Flight and others have said it, we aren't going to start seeing ETS chunks here.... we'll get big states as single DLC and smaller ones (hopefully) as bundled DLC, or as single states released at a lower rate. If Texas for some ungodly reason (and I don't believe this will be the case, reread that: I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WILL BE THE CASE, put the flame throwers down all) comes out at $11.99, I'd absolutely expect that money they didn't ask for Texas would be made up in future DLC.
Calling it bundled means everything happens together. Production/marketing/higher fixed price point. Creating two separate products side by side with separate teams and two separate marketing efforts, but then selling two states as a buy X get Y for Z% off is a different conversation all together. Semantics, maybe. But I don't see them bundling these states for both financial and the reasons listed above.
I also haven't seen this constantly mentioned price point argument yet. Maybe I haven't been looking for it, but I haven't seen it anywhere here. If it exists here and I've missed it, 100% apologies. But I'd like someone to point out more than a few instances of it. Judging by the worldoftrucks ticker logging the miles in Cruising Montana, I'm guessing that's not a real big concern. About 125 hours into Montana's release and the cruising goal is already at 62,863,XXX miles. Just a little over 5 full days, and we're over 62% of the way to the 100,000,000 miles goal. That is not an insignificant statistic. I think the "people are complaining about the price point" is another one of those phantom fact arguments to essentially say "shut up" to the people who are disagreeing with you.
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Re: The Dakotas (North and South) Discussion Thread
If Texas sells at 17.99, then it possible to do Dakotas at 17.99.
If Texas sells at 11.99 scs will very unlikely sell any state west of Mississippi River will sell as bundle.
If Texas sells at 11.99 scs will very unlikely sell any state west of Mississippi River will sell as bundle.
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