

If the general community sentiment is negative we have failed.


If the community reacts positively to the changes we make, we have succeeded. In an FAQ accompanying the announcement, Overkill cited one of its key motives as trying "something new - only when we dare to do something different we offer ourselves an opportunity to learn more. In addition, all new content released for Payday 2 in the future will be entirely free to download. That is likely to be the maximum cost of upgrading, and Overkill has said that purchasing the base game and all of the DLC separately would be "much more expensive" than the price of the Ultimate Edition. The cost of upgrading will be "depend on several factors," according to Overkill, but the retail price of the Ultimate Edition has already been set at $45. The 5 million copies that Overkill is giving away will be the base game only, and recipients will only be able to buy the DLC by "upgrading" to the Ultimate Edition when it is released later in the year. Those DLC packs have been 85% off on Steam for the last month in anticipation of the Ultimate Edition, but they were removed from sale entirely yesterday. This move arrives ahead of Payday 2 receiving an Ultimate Edition, which will bundle together the base game with almost 40 DLC packs that have been sold since it launched in August 2013. The 5 million people that get a free copy of Payday 2 will also receive a free copy of Payday VR, which supports cross-play with the PC version. The offer is available through Steam on a first come, first served basis. Overkill Software has made a bold move to expand the audience of Payday 2, by giving away 5 million copies of the game for free.
