by Belshy » Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:07 pm
There is a similar post in another thread, but it doesn't make sense to make a game and then give it out for free. Though the Devs are obviously doing all they can, nobody does things for free. ToS right now is not a great profit on behalf of all the people who work on it. There is a lot of time and effort that goes into planning, coding, art, ect. All of these people already basically work for free given what they are expected to do with what little they charge. They game only costs $5 on Steam, and that essentially just pays for your town points that you get free. Making an entirely new DLC game free would make it pointless. Why would they even bother spending the time and effort to make a new game if they didn't want to make some profit out of it? Otherwise, it's a waste of time for a game that already has players. Not to mention, from the perspective of a paid player, I am looking forward to less trash, gamethrowing, and I expect to see a significant decrease in reports from Coven mode...
I will maintain I think it's a steep price initally, and should perhaps be lowered, though definitely not for free, given the response of the Kickstarter, blahblahblah. $10 seems steep, and as a Steam user I'm not even paying that. Having said that though, I will still pay whatever it costs, but that doesn't mean I'm free of complaints.
FroggyRose's comment about finding it on a deal though is true and an excellent suggestion. The downside is you'll have to wait but I believe it goes on sale around July 4th weekend. I'm not sure that the DLC will be on sale then, but the game likely will be and you'll only pay $5 for the expansion then if you buy the game on Steam. Again though, you'll still have to pay, upwards of $5 total likely for the game and DLC, and it's only being released on Steam initially anyway. If you wait long enough, I'm sure the DLC will also go on sale once all the hype dies down.
Asking for free is like trying to get blood out of a stone. Not only is it not going to happen, it's completely unfair to ask for all their time and effort for free.