HB Studios floated the idea that they would charge $10 for Season Mode in The Golf Club for existing digital customers -- which created some confusion. In a post on The Golf Club website, the folks at HB Studios worked to clear up the confusion:
"I’ve had a lot of questions about the disk version and the differences between the disk “Collectors Edition” and the digital version. So let me try and clear everything up for you.
The “Collector’s Edition” is:
We will then be releasing the May update for both Digital and Disk based customers. This will be a free update as usual, adding:
Also included within that is the option to buy the “Collector’s Edition” content with the exception of the E-Book, which is:
This is likely to be available for $10, but we’re still evaluating this at the moment.
The most common question we’ve had about the DLC is why does it take 3 weeks for our long term members to get feature parity with the “Collector’s Edition”? Unfortunately, this decision was out of our hands for a couple of reasons. For one, Sony and Microsoft have a set amount of time you have to wait after passing a new product before you can submit a feature update.
The “Collector’s Edition” is:
- Current Digital Version with the March Update applied.
- Additional Season Mode.
- Tropical Theme.
- Collectors E-Book (which I don’t know much about as Maximum are sorting this out, and it’s all very secret).
We will then be releasing the May update for both Digital and Disk based customers. This will be a free update as usual, adding:
- Drop Balls.
- Out of Bounds.
- Improved Commentary for Tours and Tournament.
- More Commentary Variation.
- Default Drive Loft Setting.
- Cart Paths.
- Wind improvements.
- Rain Effects.
- Plus more (Dependent on time).
Also included within that is the option to buy the “Collector’s Edition” content with the exception of the E-Book, which is:
- Season Mode.
- Tropical Theme.
- And a bonus Asian Theme (we don’t have a name for this yet).
This is likely to be available for $10, but we’re still evaluating this at the moment.
The most common question we’ve had about the DLC is why does it take 3 weeks for our long term members to get feature parity with the “Collector’s Edition”? Unfortunately, this decision was out of our hands for a couple of reasons. For one, Sony and Microsoft have a set amount of time you have to wait after passing a new product before you can submit a feature update.
While not was initially expected, this isn't a horrible business plan and practice. Such huge additions to the game being added for free was an unrealistic expectation. The only quibble I'd have is the communication of that fact was not clear from the get-go (and from the latest post it still isn't clear), as I'm sure most customers would not have minded the idea of having to spend some extra money had it been clearly communicated at the onset.
Regardless, what do you think of The Golf Club's decision to charge for Season mode and additional themes in the newest DLC update?
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