Why April?

[leptoon]

I purchased KSP in June of 2013 so I'm apparently not eligible to get Making History for free. Why do those seven weeks make such a big difference? Why April and not March or July?

[Hurzelgnurk]

They had to pick a date. There is no objective reasoning why its a specific date or not. Lets say they did it until June 2013 then the person who bought it in August would say the same thing. Do you feel that you paid to much or that the DLC is to expensive?

For my part: bought it 8/2013 so I had to pay and even though I complain a lot about the mission builder I'd buy the DLC again this istant without the feeling of regret.

Edited March 19, 2018 by Hurzelgnurk
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[MulleDK19]

Well, it's probably more like, they wanted to give it for free to early adopters, so the cutoff is really the end of 2012, but then they added 4 months of leniency.

[stibbons]

13 hours ago, leptoon said:

Why April and not March or July?

The original announcement from SQUAD after the absurd hissy fit that resulted in free DLC is at http://kerbaldevteam.tumblr.com/post/47730955705/expansions-dlc-and-the-future-of-ksp . Note this bit:

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Also, for those considering purchasing the game, we will maintain this promise for all purchases made until the end of this month (April, 2013).

So, end of April 2013 was chosen as the cutoff because that's when they announced it. Nothing more, nothing less.

[frog352000]

The DLC is literally the price of two trips to McDonalds. If I was Take Two I wouldn't have offered it free to anyone. Ever see Bethesda, Frontier or EA offer major DLC's for free?

[Hurzelgnurk]

4 hours ago, frog352000 said:

The DLC is literally the price of two trips to McDonalds. If I was Take Two I wouldn't have offered it free to anyone. Ever see Bethesda, Frontier or EA offer major DLC's for free?

If they gave me something free I would worry about my organs. They almost let you pay for updates.. good thing KSP cured my from almost any other form of nonkspgaming.

[klesh]

On 3/20/2018 at 2:48 AM, frog352000 said:

Ever see Bethesda, Frontier or EA offer major DLC's for free?

 

Bethesda gave me Skyrim special edition, which contains all the game’s dlc for free (because I had purchased the old version of the game and all its dlc originally).  They didnt have to; was pleasantly surprised.  

They also offered the HiResolution DLC for Fallout4 for free. 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/540810/Fallout_4__High_Resolution_Texture_Pack/

Edited May 23, 2018 by klesh