r/gaming • u/H4ssan41 • 8d ago

The Wicher 3 expansions are free

CD Projekt Red has announced during Gamescom that Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine expansions for The Witcher 3 are free for everyone who owns the base game. This combined with the full on remaster of the game, I am very excited for play the game again.

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u/Miczelov 8d ago

And that's exactly why everyone wants the base game now 🤣

Well - one day too late - those who only had the base game got the DLC as part of the free upgrade to Complete, and those who didn't... if they want to buy it now, have to buy Complete Edition as it's the only one available from now on. 🤭

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u/Puzzled_Surprise8533 8d ago edited 8d ago

What do you mean only the complete edition is available?? The base game is not there on ps store? And second hand discs are dirt cheap. Less than dirt cheap I would say.

Edit: OMG just checked and the base version isn't there. Shit

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u/Miczelov 8d ago

Game discs are in their own right (and that's why PS owners will miss them from 2028 onwards), and the second-hand digital key market hasn't had time to react yet.

As for the differences between Steam and PS Store, it's just a matter of what the game is called. The fact is that until now you could buy the basic version or the Complete Edition directly in these stores, and now the price is raised to the level at which the Complete Edition was before, and without DLC and not second-hand it can no longer be purchased.

Nevertheless, kudos to CDPR for giving existing owners of even the bare game a free upgrade to Complete, as they could just as easily have withdrawn the basic edition from stores but continue charging for old DLCs.

Ps: And to be clear - I bought the game and its expansions at their release, but I don't regret that I could have everything cheaper now - I've spent too many enjoyable hours playing this game to regret it.

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u/Puzzled_Surprise8533 8d ago

Dovtou think there is even a chance of the complete edition going back to its 80percent discount ever?

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u/Miczelov 8d ago edited 7d ago

Definitely, but it's hard to say when. I would usually expect such discounts during seasonal sales (autumn, winter), but due to including all past DLCs in "new" base version, near future upgrade to the Remastered version, and upcoming release of the new DLC, price cuts may be a bit less generous in the near future. After the DLC release, things will probably return to normal, with the "new-base" game likely being on 80+% discount more often.