Decade-old PAYDAY 2 introduces DLC rental service

More than decade on from its last entry, PAYDAY 3 launched back in 2023 to plenty of criticisms, with many fans of the franchise choosing to go back to the older but more content-rich PAYDAY 2. It seems the team have taken note of this, as Starbreeze have now added a highly-unnecessary subscription service to the 12 year-old title.

Available to subscribe to right now for £3.99 a month (or £15.99 for 6 months), PAYDAY 2’s new service will net you “full access to all available PAYDAY 2 DLCs.”

While PAYDAY 2 has released a ton of paid content over its years, the notion of essentially renting out DLC for a decade-old game is certainly an odd move by Starbreeze – especially as the game and its DLC have been discounted heavily countless times in the past.

Players seem to have already started expressing their frustrations with this latest decision, as the game’s ‘Recent’ Steam ratings have now fallen to ‘Mixed’.

Considering the fact that PAYDAY 3 has continued to struggle trying to dig its way out of a hole, adding an unnecessary subscription service to the PREVIOUS entry makes little-to-no sense.

KitGuru says: What do you think of this latest move? Would you ever consider renting DLC? Let us know down below.

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