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Ted Litchfield

2023 was the year I got fed up with seeing those 'early access' deluxe editions where you pay more to play the game a few days early

EA SPORTS Ubisoft
Captain price.

I think you know what I'm talking about here: Far Cry 9 comes out on September 7, but if you shell out an extra $15 for the Premium Deluxe Plus Edition, you can get a five-day head start clearing the bases of whatever caricature of a 20th century revolutionary movement Ubisoft's cooked up this year.

And I don't mean to dog on Ubisoft too hard here⁠—it feels like every game is doing this. Starfield, Modern Warfare 3, Hogwarts Legacy, and Like a Dragon: Ishin are just a few games that pulled the deluxe "early access" move in 2023.

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