NASA pack free??

[Insomn]

Honestly it wouldn't be such a bad idea to charge for it, we're all just completely spoiled at this point.

[Bomoo]

I suspect the only reason it's being wrapped separately (as DLC) is because of the NASA collaboration. Not that I would mind throwing more money Squad's way, but paid DLC on a game that isn't finished approaches the EA level of greasiness.

[Guest]

Honestly it wouldn't be such a bad idea to charge for it, we're all just completely spoiled at this point.

It's partly NASA as well. IIRC all the games put out under their name are free.

[The Destroyer]

Unrustle the jimmies, guys.

That sounds horrible, btw.

It's free for all, adds a lot of great new stuff and there are a lot of details you'll be seeing about it in the next few days. If you don't like the sound of free bonus content, well, I can't help you there, but between ARM and the later release of 0.24, you're going to have a decent chunk of content to play with.

Uhhh, I thought for sure that ARM will be an "offical mod", requiring 0.24.

Does that mean we get to download a pack before the version that runs it is even complete?

[Merinsan]

KSP is a "pay once, play forever" type of game. I would be REALLY surprised if the pack costed money.

For the game yes, for addons/DLC there is no guarantee they would be free. For this one it is free, but in future other DLC may cost money.

[Daze]

I think that they said that all the DLC was free and the expansion packs would cost only for people that bought the game after April 2013

[DonLorenzo]

Poutrage is my new favourite word of the day

[SSSPutnik]

The ARM content pack is free. There. Carry on.

Uh, me dumn dumn.. What does ARM stand for?

Edit: Uh... Guessing, Asteroid Rendezvous Mission?

[Thiel]

Poutrage is my new favourite word of the day

+1

Uh, me dumn dumn.. What does ARM stand for?

Edit: Uh... Guessing, Asteroid Rendezvous Mission?

Yup, Asteroid Redirect Mission

[OneEyedShark]

Expansions, DLC and the future of KSP

Hello everyone.

We’ve been following closely the ongoing debate about Expansion Packs and DLC on KSP, and after Felipe’s previous explanation about the things that sparked the discussion, we’ve noticed that there are still a few areas that were left pending and that require an explanation:

Above all, is the admittedly quite grey area concerning what constitutes an update or an expansion to KSP and most importantly, what our promise of “all future updates for free†actually means.

We realize there is more than one way to interpret that. Regardless of whether ‘updates’ implies ‘expansions’ or not, it’s quite obvious now that we need to rephrase that statement so everyone knows exactly what they’re getting when they purchase the game.

However, it became clear to us that many might have already taken that statement to mean something else than we did when they bought the game, and so had a different notion of what it was they were getting with their initial purchase.

So given that this was a point of confusion, and that we believe that no matter what, a promise is a promise, we are including Expansions in what you can expect to get for free if you have already bought the game. Also, for those considering purchasing the game, we will maintain this promise for all purchases made until the end of this month (April, 2013).

We have to admit though, up until now, we hadn’t considered Expansion Packs to be the same as updates to KSP. That was in large part because we really had no plans for actual expansions at all.

But as you can imagine, over the course of the 2 and a half years we’ve been developing KSP, we’ve come across many ideas that we thought were very cool, but didn’t really fit the original scope of the game. Those would have led us astray from our vision of the complete game, not to mention that they could take many months, if not years, to implement.

Those ideas are massive undertakings, which is why we’d like to have them as optional additions, so we could have them without having to stretch the scope (and deadlines) for the main game.

So this is what we mean when we say Expansion Packs for KSP. We’re not talking about small content bundles, we’re talking about major game-changing sets of features, like Multiplayer, or Colonization. Things that add not just content, but new gameplay possibilities. Things that might not fit the initial concept very well, but we think are too cool to just cut off forever.

Please keep in mind though, that this isn’t us announcing or promising any particular Expansion Packs yet. We’re still quite a long way from that. Our one focus right now is to complete KSP, that is why career mode is the priority now. Once we get to what we can call a complete game, we’ll see where we go next from there.

We hope that this clears away all of the confusion surrounding this topic, and also that no one is left with the impression that we would ever do anything to upset our players. We take pride in being very open and honest about what we do and how we do it, and we all felt very hurt at some of the accusations that were thrown at us these last few days.

Above all else, our goal is to make an outstanding game, and we sincerely hope everyone sees that we have nothing but the best intentions towards our work and our community. As always, we will be listening wholeheartedly to our community’s feedback, concerns and ideas throughout this whole process and we will not slack off.

Here’s a big thanks to everyone for all the continued support, and a heartfelt apology to all those who felt wronged in any way over this matter.

Sincerely,

 The KSP Dev Team

So no matter what, if you got the game before April 2013 it will be free...

Edited March 14, 2014 by OneEyedShark

[BMBender]

OK it's buggen th out a me note post count

For those complaining about the NASA pack witch is FREE but optional developed content= DLC

You may as well consider updates LDC .23 .24 Those are free but optional (turn off updates if steam) developed content

If a monetary component gets added at a later point to content updates/mission packs/widgets/wazoos, then put your tinfoil hat on, I'll even pile on with you.

[SSSPutnik]

Why complain?

1) KSP, although not complete, is awesome!

2) It was free to start, then when it did cost, it was peanuts really for the amount of game time.

3) Players get free stuff all the time with mods, usually with new stuff every week, very few games can say that.

4) Game changing content, whether updates, addons, or mission packs, you will either get them for free, or who knows, Squad might charge for them. See above.

Seriously, I hate DLC as much as the next person, (try playing Supreme Commander with no internet connection). But for what everyone's paid so far for hours/days/weeks of entertainment, count yourself lucky IMHO.

[Aphox]

The ARM content pack is free. There. Carry on.

Question was answered, closing before this goes any more off-topic.