Skysect: This is not nice . Please read whole thread .
V4V: Not nice is expecting others to read whole threads to know what you mean. Please explain your point in your own words.
He's apparently extremely annoyed some armor DLC was created exclusively for the console as a preorder bonus but is getting sold there post release anyway and because it is he wants it to be sold post release on PC as well "because the backers got it for free":.
GIVE THIS SET TO US
"Backer's Outfit Set"
OR RIOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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They must sell them . This is not ethical
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They ripping loyal customers with it .
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Dev response:
The DLC armors were a retail preorder bonus which Techland, the game's publisher on consoles, asked us to do for the game. We agreed to do so, but only on the condition we could offer it to our Kickstarter backers free of charge (we will be providing these to our backers very soon).
However, we do not intend to sell them post-release on any platform, PC or console. We've contacted Techland, and raised this issue with them. We did not agree to or expect them to sell the armor DLC separately.
klatch: I figure this is because the kickstarter version is not the same as the retail version in their backend. Kinda like the original fallout games having an Interplay and a Bethesda version: you can actually own both versions. Notice how redeeming the key mentions something about it being a kickstarter key. This allows them to differentiate, e.g. add specific bonuses, like the Lords of Xulima key currently on the retail version.
Pillars had kickstarter specific bonuses that were not on the retail version. I don't remember the differences with Wasteland 2.
I also redeemed kickstarter games on GOG that do show up as owned. NITW is a recent example.
Pretty sure the bonuses are the problem. Rather than making separate DLC for every bonus, some of which GOG will likely never offer/sell they opt to make one or a couple of backer editions of the games, bonuses included.
Basically this makes it messy since that means the 'game' they get is not the same base game that is on sale for everyone else. That's sort of fine as long as they at least make sure the backer edition applies for DLC/Complete editions they later create with the standard base game without needing extra work, though I'm not sure they have the proper framework for that.I can still imagine it not showing as owned being a thorn in many people's eyes.