Last week, some keen-eyed gamers discovered that Fallout 4‘s DLC Season Pass was available for free on the PlayStation Store in Europe. The pricing was clearly in error, but that didn’t stop some publications from writing articles encouraging gamers to acquire the content, which is normally priced at €50 or £39.99. One of these publications suggested that the pass was “worth grabbing while you can,” despite acknowledging that the pricing was clearly in error.
Sony and Bethesda rectified the problem as soon word of it became widespread, and the price returned to normal a half hour after it was discovered.
Today, anyone who tried to exploit the error discovered that Sony revoked their “free” Season Pass ahead of the release of Fallout 4‘s first official DLC, Automatron. Anyone who attempted to acquire the pass will receive an expiration notice should they attempt to download the new DLC.
Anyone who legally acquired the pass will be able to download Automatron, as intended. The only thing those who exploited the system will get is access to the Fallout 4 premium PS4 theme and nothing else.
While it’s understandable that many gamers may have accidentally or inadvertently exploited the error while attempting to make a legitimate purchase of the DLC Season Pass during that time, it’s frankly despicable that any games enthusiast publication would encourage its readers to steal content from game developers. One might as well put up a link to a torrent for the game.
