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  1. 23 minutes ago, nils555 said:

    Dear Squad,

    i think it's more than a shame, that You let Your customers in the dark about the ps4 europe release for such a long time (it's nearly half a year now!). There is absolutely no statement at all since July! You could call it pathetic. And it just seems like you do not care about us in any way. Why don't You give us anything? It doesn't even need to be a release date, but just a little explanation, or even an apology. But, nothing!

    For me this hole thing is over. Great game, but i totally lost any interest in playing it.

    sincerely

    An announcement was recently made regarding this:

     

  2. Can't thank you enough for all you've done for KSP and the community over the years, Kasper, hard to find words for how sad I am to see you go.

    I'm sure with your work ethic and talent you will find great success in your next endeavor.

  3. On 7/17/2016 at 2:27 AM, MasterChiefTN said:

    If I bought the game on PC first do I have to buy the game again on console?

    Yes. The PC version covers Mac, Linux, and Windows versions. The XBoxOne and PS4 versions are separate purchases.

    9 minutes ago, The Engineer said:

    What about the ps4 can't find it? Maybe I'm just reading the original arrival wrong? Where did they release KSP in for the PlayStation?

    I assumed since the post was in the XBoxOne release thread that you were referring to that version. AFAIK the PS4 version is only available in the "Americas" region at the moment.

  4. 13 minutes ago, Number R09 said:

    If you're going to complain, which you welcome to do, would you do so under a personal account please.  I am unable to silence your tears because of your mod status.  Talk about an unprofessional conflict of interest.. Maybe @SQUAD could do something about that.

    I will not violate the rules and make a duplicate account for myself, no. I'm sorry that my status as a moderator prevents you from putting me on ignore, I'll ask that you ignore me the old fashioned way if you so choose.

    As for a conflict of interest, I think you're misusing the term. I am not using my moderator privileges to silence disagreement with me or otherwise intimidate other users (and in fact I have recused myself from moderating this thread). I am a volunteer who helps with some functions on the forum, but before that I am a KSP player and community member. It is in that capacity that I'm posting here today, just as any other community member can.

    As for "tears", well I have access to the prerelease if I want it (my store purchase was before the Steam transfer deadline and I am also an experimental tester). This is not about me personally. This is about treating paying customers differently based on where they bought the game, when it was explicitly stated in the past that point of purchase made no difference. This is about how our community will be affected when half (or more) of the player base is playing a newer version and sharing their experiences publicly with other paying customers that do not have legal access to it. I'm trying to prevent the tears that are coming.

  5. Just now, Steven Mading said:

    So what is the means of getting on the list of people in the steam beta?  I missed the window of time to get in on the Experimentals group.  I'd really like to get as much of a headstart as possible on making the kOS mod become KSP 1.1 compatible.

    Have KSP through Steam. That's it.

  6. 33 minutes ago, Speadge said:

    it has been said in the OP that it is not about treating steamers other than the storers, but that it is about the infrastructure and squad just cant handle another distribution method for "nightly-builds" to such a big community.

     

    2 minutes ago, Starwaster said:

    It's not wrong for them to want that opportunity. What's wrong is reacting as though Squad is just arbitrarily singling out Steam players for preferential treatment when the fact is that it's just not feasible to bring non-Steam players into the opt-in at this time.

    Please take my post in the context of a response to the post I quoted. Accusing people wanting the opportunity that other users have of just wanting to play the game and not doing any testing is not supportable, there's no reason to think that Steam users will be any better at that than store users. There is no reason to assume that people who want early access will not be good testers based on where they purchased the game.

  7. 12 minutes ago, comeonnow said:

    Wanting to be allowed into the opt-in beta just to play the game early is a complete perversion of the developers' intentions.  It's clear that's what people who are complaining want - they want to play the game 2 weeks early.  They don't want to hunt down and report bugs.  These same people, if they were on steam, would be on the forums a week into the opt-in beta posting screenshots and bragging about playing 1.1 instead of filing bug reports.  They want to misuse the system for their own desires.  And because they can't do that, something like jealousy is causing them to lash out in hopes of stopping the opt-in entirely - assuming incorrectly that everyone else is just like them and wants to join the opt-in beta for personal gratification rather than actually hunt for bugs and help Squad out.

    The devs shouldn't cave in to this pressure, the idea to crowd source the last leg of bug testing will almost certainly result in a better release.

    I don't see any reason to think that Steam users will make better testers than store users. If you think none of them will be "on the forums a week into the opt-in beta posting screenshots and bragging about playing 1.1 instead of filing bug reports" then please tell us why you think that is so.

    I don't see why it's wrong for store users to want the same opportunity to help test the prereleases as Steam customers. 

  8. Oh yeah, it's pretty obvious that Steam is being given preferential treatment any way you cut it.

    KSP Store: Access to all official updates.
    Steam: Access to all official updates plus access to prerelease versions.

    Anyone saying that Steam and other outlets get the same benefits is mistaken. My advice for years to people asking whether it's better to buy on Steam or the Store has been:

    "There's no difference where you buy it. If you are invested in Steam, get it through Steam. If not, might as well get it from the store as that puts more money in the developers' hands."

    Now my advice for that question will be:

    "Steam. You get everything the other outlets get plus access to prerelease versions."

    All KSP licenses are equal, but Steam licenses are more equal than others. 

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