Sam & Max will be $9/episode, $35/season
Telltale has finally announced the pricing of their upcoming episodic adventure series, Sam & Max. Though the series will debut Oct. 17th on Gametap, as part of their $10/month subscription service, gamers will be able to download individual episodes from Telltale directly for $9 per episode or $35 per season (six episodes).
The season pass will save you nearly $20 off the individual price and earn you the option of ordering a CD of the entire season when it's all wrapped up for just the cost of shipping. That's all the benefits of episodic distribution, with none of the non-physical hangups our retail-addicted brains insist are so important.
So what they're saying is that if you want to play Sam & Max you can either foot the $10 Gametap subscription fee, or buy the whole thing en masse. If the S&M release schedule -- designed to be shorter and more frequent -- maintains it's once-a-month goal, who's going to get individual episodes for $9 when Gametap is offering their entire library for just a buck more?
More on Sam & Max:
Joystiq interviews Dan Connors and Emily Morganti of Telltale
Sam & Max "season premiere" Oct. 17 on GameTap
An aptly titled treat for you, courtesy of fr34kystyley's Sam & Max repository on YouTube.
