Preferred DLC purchase method?

[cyberKerb]

Just a quick query to @SQUAD

With the Making History expansion coming out sometime "soon", I figured it might be an idea to ask if the developers had a preference where people would purchase the DLC when it does eventually come out?

I ask as if there is any choice in the matter, I'd like to choose that my money to the developers directly and not have that money divvied up between various intermediate parties that doesn't directly benefit the developers other than distribution of KSP. Is buying the DLC directly from the KSPStore actually a more beneficial option that via something like Steam or GOG?

Also, pre-empting a question that might arrive from my thread - if someone purchases via the KSPStore, can they then register that DLC purchase via steam to get the best of both worlds?  i.e. I assume that with this option, all money would go to the developers AND people could have the DLC on their desired platform (for those that use Steam)
(for the record, I'll be purchasing the DLC via the store as I don't use Steam for KSP and prefer the manual install)

 

 

Edited January 3, 2018 by wile1411

[klgraham1013]

Your money is going to Take Two now.

[cyberKerb]

1 hour ago, klgraham1013 said:

Your money is going to Take Two now.

They pay the great developers that made this awesome game - so I think my point still stands, but for those that aren't interested in the DLC because of Take Two ownership, then each to their own. (at least it's not EA)

[Mako]

24 minutes ago, wile1411 said:

They pay the great developers that made this awesome game - so I think my point still stands, but for those that aren't interested in the DLC because of Take Two ownership, then each to their own. (at least it's not EA)

Right, but taking @klgraham1013's post as a response to your point about Squad getting more money out of the transaction depending on where you purchase from, I speculate that Squad gets the same amount from Take-Two regardless of where you purchase from. The vendor you purchase from should only change how much money Take-Two receives in this case.

Basically, unless Squad and Take-Two have some arrangements besides Squad doing contract work, Squad should be getting paid whether or not anyone buys the DLC at all and where you buy from won't change what Squad makes. Certainly there could be a deal in place that affects the amount Squad makes, but there's no way to know if that's the case and it seems like it would be the less probable scenario.

Granted, it seems reasonable that if there is little interest in or revenue from the expansion Squad might make less money on KSP long-term if Take-Two decides to shut down development. But I don't think customers' places of purchase will be as much of a deciding factor in those decisions.

[cyberKerb]

3 minutes ago, Mako said:

I speculate that Squad gets the same amount from Take-Two regardless of where you purchase from. The vendor you purchase from should only change how much money Take-Two receives in this case.

Fair point - didn't think of it that way.

5 minutes ago, Mako said:

Granted, it seems reasonable that if there is little interest in or revenue from the expansion Squad might make less money on KSP long-term if Take-Two decides to shut down development. But I don't think customers' places of purchase will be as much of a deciding factor in those decisions.

Yeah - I was still in the mode of thinking how best to support a game developer directly. But as you've mentioned, things have changed and that may not be possible / relevant anymore.

[klgraham1013]

2 hours ago, Mako said:

snip

What I should have said.