[shmde]

If you think you know permutations and combinations. Then try out the best way to buy Hitman 1,2,3 with all the access pass and levels when there is a sale because it's a nightmare. I love Hitman to death but how eidos has (purposefully?) made the pricing so damn confusing is a damn shame to me.

[jhanschoo]

This is exactly the reason for the piece of news that you are currently commenting on...

[ehnto]

The pay per mission model was interesting but ultimately added too much friction, especially as it was so tightly connected to the online account. I didn't buy any of them until it all came out as a discounted pack, but even now I worry the servers will go offline one day and I will be left with unplayable purchases.

[filoleg]

You buy Hitman 3 + Hitman 1/2 legacy pass DLC for it. If you already have any version of Hitman 1 or 2 purchased, you don't need to buy the legacy pass DLC for that specific entry. The official website has info on how to let the system know you already own the game (which differs based on the platform), so that you can use that content from within Hitman 3.

tl;dr: there is no reason to ever purchase Hitman 1/2 at this point. You just buy Hitman 3 + legacy pack DLC to get the content of H1/H2 in H3. And if you already own H1 or H2, you get all that content in H3 without needing to pay for DLC.

[wmf]

This is the correct answer but it's pretty unintuitive. Simplifying it was the right move.