The owners of the Steam version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition (or regular version with all the DLC) will receive the publication for free.
When Bethesda just announced The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, many players thought that the company would be good to make the publication free of charge for owners of the original. As it turned out, these players were right, but only partly.
The owners of the Steam version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition (or regular version with all the DLC) will receive the publication for free. Owners of the Xbox One and PS4 are not affected. The representative of Bethesda Pete Hines (Pete Hines explained that was the reason for this decision.
He pointed to the fact that the owners of the PC version can without any problems to install the high resolution textures and various modifications that will bring the image of the game to the level of the improved version. In this situation, owners of personal computers do not particularly need The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, so the developers decided to give it away for free. For console owners this offer is not valid, there are mods for Skyrim yet.
Also Pete Hines explained the difference in the prices of the reissues Dishonored and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. According to him, every game has its own pricing policy, and the publisher is not obliged to set all prices for games are the same. So The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition will cost $ 60 on consoles as a complete game.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is an enhanced edition of the game. The developers have made better graphics and improved performance, as well as implemented support modifications. All said is mostly true for owners of current consoles. The publication will be on sale October 28, 2016 on PC, Xbox One and PS4.
