Its not about that, its the principle, I don't like to feel being taken advantage of.
I got Chasing Sunsets for 7 as early access 2 updates ago and for that money I will get updates until the game ends. Here not only do I pay more 12.79, but I have to pay again every time a new season gets released, so already its a business model that I dislike more.
Cherry on top disrespectful 'DLC' that's just some non downscaled renders...Everyone that has been around the genre a while knows how little value they hold.
I am a Big fan of
Chasing Sunsets - I have supported it on SS almost since inception and I also bought it on Steam to show my support for the devs.
Ocean has extras (music packs and renders) that Steam users can choose to buy or not - which is a pretty standard practice on Steam.
The devs of CS did not do this - their choice, and if Kentyrr chose to put together a pack of Jaye renders, I'd buy it!
You get to choose when/if you buy SG on Steam - now or wait for the typical sales that come up at the holidays - or not at all.
If Ocean withheld an .exe file that was unique to each copy of SG, then I would call that being taken advantage of.
IMO, this is simply a business decision, and no one is forced to buy it at that price, especially given that someone put the Steam version on F95 for a free download within hours of the Steam release.
SG is a Much longer story
than CS.
I envision buying Firebreak, the CS dev's next project once it is available on Steam in, I'm guessing, 2-3 years.
The next season of Summers Gone will be in development at that time and not for sale until it is completed (barring some early access choice that Ocean has not revealed to us at this time).
Summers Gone is a story that will likely take decades to play out
while CS is not.
I see it as comparing the purchase price of a single great book to the purchase price of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice Series - they are simply two very different products, and it is reasonable for them to be priced differently.
In the end, I'm glad that Ocean gave each of us the choice to support him as we each choose to, whether Patreon/SS alone, buying SG on Steam with/without any extras, or some combination of both.
Regardless of our positions, I hope you get to enjoy Summers Gone Season 1 as it has been a long journey for anyone who is a fan.
Cheers!!