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Julius82 Feb 28, 2015 @ 12:23pm
Where to buy KSP now?
Im watching KSPs evolution for a long time and would like to buy it. Whats the best legal way to get a good price now? I dont want to use VPN. Any suggestions?

Thank you :-)
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HoloYolo Feb 28, 2015 @ 12:25pm 
Steam or their website are excellent, safe places to buy from.
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hipno Feb 28, 2015 @ 12:28pm 
Nerd^3's Humble store[www.nerdcubed.co.uk] is a good option. Gives more to the developer, and also some of the cash to charity.
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Aragosnat Feb 28, 2015 @ 1:19pm 
I would go with Squads Website or the humble store before buying from steam. Just me though.
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HoloYolo Feb 28, 2015 @ 1:22pm 
Originally posted by Aragosnat:
I would go with Squads Website or the humble store before buying from steam. Just me though.
Why not steam? I bought KSP from steam and it's the same as everything else.
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Aragosnat Feb 28, 2015 @ 1:26pm 
Steam takes a big cut

Originally posted by SquidgyTunic:
Originally posted by Aragosnat:
I would go with Squads Website or the humble store before buying from steam. Just me though.
Why not steam? I bought KSP from steam and it's the same as everything else.

Steam takes about a 20% cut from the sale price.
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hipno Feb 28, 2015 @ 1:26pm 
Originally posted by SquidgyTunic:
Why not steam? I bought KSP from steam and it's the same as everything else.
If you buy from squad or humble squad get more of the money (and you get a steam key).
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HoloYolo Feb 28, 2015 @ 1:27pm 
Originally posted by Aragosnat:
Steam takes a big cut

Originally posted by SquidgyTunic:
Why not steam? I bought KSP from steam and it's the same as everything else.

Steam takes about a 20% cut from the sale price.
They gotta maintain Steam and pay everyone that works there. Seems fair enough for SQUAD and Steam as SQUAD had to agree with it.
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Aragosnat Feb 28, 2015 @ 1:29pm 
Originally posted by SquidgyTunic:
-snip-

Like hipno said. Squad gets more plus you get steam key anyways.
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HoloYolo Feb 28, 2015 @ 1:35pm 
Originally posted by Aragosnat:
Originally posted by SquidgyTunic:
-snip-

Like hipno said. Squad gets more plus you get steam key anyways.
Harder to install mods.
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Aragosnat Feb 28, 2015 @ 1:46pm 
Not really. Installing mods is just as easy.
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WeedSmoker420 Mar 1, 2015 @ 12:32am 
Originally posted by SquidgyTunic:
Originally posted by Aragosnat:
Steam takes a big cut



Steam takes about a 20% cut from the sale price.
They gotta maintain Steam and pay everyone that works there. Seems fair enough for SQUAD and Steam as SQUAD had to agree with it.
no one works at steam its all online only a few people maintain it and they get plenty of money getting raked in every second
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strask Mar 1, 2015 @ 2:42am 
Originally posted by hipno:
If you buy from squad or humble squad get more of the money (and you get a steam key).

TRUE. But on the KSP website you need to be careful to use the "buy a steam key" link, not the "add to cart" link, if you want a steam key.

Once you buy through the KSP store (the non-steam way), you ONLY get it through the KSP store (NO STEAM KEY).

Edit: I totally changed this post because what I wrote first was pretty much misleading. Whoops.
Last edited by strask; Mar 1, 2015 @ 5:03am
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Gralzeim Mar 1, 2015 @ 3:16am 
Originally posted by tigertamer™:
they get plenty of money getting raked in every second

No one will argue that Valve makes quite a bit of money, but like other big companies that run large-scale services, a good chunk of that goes to a lot of things. Datacenters (maintaining servers, paying for bandwidth, paying for electricity, paying for folks to maintain things and be there if something goes wrong), customer support, software development, and other things. Each of those takes some from the income that Valve 'rakes in'.

And it's way more than a 'few' people 'running Steam'...the way you say it, you make it sound like those 'few' employees are getting paid with more money than they know what to do with, and that's just rediculously unrealistic.
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hipno Mar 1, 2015 @ 4:45am 
Originally posted by strask:
NOT TRUE.

You can buy through steam, in which case you ONLY get it through steam, or you can buy through the KSP store, in which case you ONLY get it through the KSP store (NO STEAM KEY). You have to choose.

Please read the FAQ where it states:
I bought the game on the KSP Store, but I want it on Steam. Will you give me a Steam Key?

If you chech there website here[www.kerbalspaceprogram.com] you'll see a button next to 'buy as gift' that says 'buy a steam key' That works through there website to give you a product key for steam. Also Im pretty sure humble just adds the game to linked steam account.

both of these methods give you a steam key, and more money to squad. (+to charity in case of humble)
Last edited by hipno; Mar 1, 2015 @ 4:45am
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strask Mar 1, 2015 @ 5:00am 
Originally posted by hipno:
both of these methods give you a steam key

That is very true. And NEITHER of those methods allow you to download the game from the KSP website; once you buy it through steam (regardless of which storefront you get the steam key from) you are locked into steam as the distrobution method.

The misconception I was trying to avoid is that one could buy it through the "add to cart" link on KSP's website and gain access to the download BOTH from the ksp store AND from steam. That just isn't going to happen unless you pay twice.

But my post was clearly worded wrong given what you have pointed out, so I'll go up and revise history a bit. :)
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