Payday 2 DLC Bundle $50 Rate Raise Is “Error” Starbreeze Sticks

Payday 2 Developer Starbreeze admits that when it introduced a premium subscription service, it “screwed it” and increased the price of its $100 DLC bundle by 50%.

Subscribe – Launch Earlier this week – Bundled together “full access to over 65 DLCs, packed with robberies, weapons and cosmetics…$4.99 per month, or $19.99 per month for six months. At the time, the company said it allowed players to “exploring the payday’s massive content library at their own pace, mastering the art of robbery one crime at a time” and unsubscribe at any time (available via Steam).

However, Starbreeze does not warn players to consider purchasing Payday infamous collection It quietly raised the price From $100 to $150 In early September, just a few weeks before the subscription was launched. fan Slam The developer “trying to slip under the radar (price increases).”

Now, in a statement GameDeveloperThe head of Business Gustav Nisser acknowledged that the developer “don’t throw the ball in terms of coordinating internally and communicating with our community.”

“The negative reaction makes perfect sense, and the community has made clear what the price change from the outside and how it looks like,” Nisser said. “We agree with the community, we are confused about it, and we immediately restore the price of the bundle.”

He continued: “In hindsight, we should realize how it looks. Since the bundle is charged only for items you don't own, and the bundle discount is accumulated with any other discount (i.e. discounts for items included), the actual full price of the bundle can vary a lot.”

“Heist – We have seen feedback on the infamous collection of pricing changes that happened earlier this month and have conducted an investigation.” X/Twitter. “Pricing has been restored to where it should be and we apologize for this error.”

Starbreeze's Haua also explained reddit: “I know no one will believe me, but it's a mistake. Anyway, the damage has been done, and we hope that with this adjustment, we hope that anyone who wants to get any DLC can do it with a collection.

“We do thank everyone who asked this question and have been talking about it all the time! Keep being you guys, we hope we can earn any trust we might be lost.”

Quickly check steam.db Confirm that the price of the infamous collection has indeed been restoredalthough it is unclear whether anyone has paid 50% of the fees in the past few weeks, whether this can claim a difference.

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