Upcoming Game Subscription Price Changes

[SeekTruthFromFx]

Thanks for the heads up about the upcoming price changes for Hearts of Iron IV and Europa Universalis IV subscriptions. It’s understandable that as the games evolve with more DLCs and content, adjustments in pricing follow. Clear communication like this is appreciated, despite the timing. Looking forward to seeing how these updates will enhance the gaming experience!

Those changes happened back in January....

 

[SAS]

That was an AI troll post that has since been deleted.

 

[Nacho IV]

Hello everyone,

We want to inform you about an upcoming price change for subscription services for two of our games: Hearts of Iron IV and Europa Universalis IV. There are points that we want to make you aware of in the leadup to it:

• The new price for the subscription services will be $7.99 for 1 month subscription and $14.99 for 3 month subscription. Going forward we will no longer offer the 6 month subscription package.
• We’re currently targeting January 16thfor the price change to come into effect. If you’re a current subscriber, you’ll receive an email from Steam, giving you an option to continue your subscription at a new price, or opt out of it.
  • 6 month subscriptions will be available until January 16th, but not possible to purchase afterwards.

We’d also like to provide you all with a little more context in regards to this price change.

Firstly, we want to acknowledge that this heads up is coming late. It’s not ideal and as you might know from our other updates on pricing, we always inform you all early about commercial decisions like these. We’ll do our best to continue giving you information like this sooner in the future.

Secondly, you’re probably wondering why we increase these prices at all? The current prices for these subscriptions were set two years ago. Since then, we’ve released more DLCs for our games, and the amount of content included in these subscriptions is simply higher now. That’s why we’ve decided to increase the subscription price for both games.

On a final note, we’d also like to clarify that this price change is unrelated to the regional currency adjustment that we communicated back in December. Both changes are intended to come into effect on January 16th, but are two separate matters.

If you have any questions, please ask. We’ll do our best to help.

While it's true the dlc's released now are more, it's also true we have been paying you during all these months so it kinda compensates. If you are gonna give an explanation at lest be honest and say you want or need more money.

 

[Mauer]

Personally, subscription model pricing should be a long-term solution for games nearing the end of its development cycle. Jacking up the price is counterintuitive. Victoria 3 had a lot of interest (which let's be real, PDX almost messed up) because Victoria 2 was so cheap and gained a considerable modding base.

This, I was planning on getting the Stellaris subscription now that I'm a dozen DLCs behind, but if they're gonna keep jacking up the prices it's not going to make more sense that just buying the DLC on a deep sale.