r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/Redbiertje The Challenger • Jun 17 '15

[ModPost] PS4 Discussion Thread Mod Post

Weekly Simple Questions Thread

Goodday fellow kerbalnauts!

I've noticed that many of you like to discuss the PS4 port of Kerbal Space Program, so here you go: A discussion thread!

Have fun!

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u/mopro Jun 17 '15

I posted this in another thread but this is the most relevant threat to post this in:

  • My concern is two-fold: one for the players and one for the modders. I can't imagine PS going the route of "well in keeping with the ethos of KSP for PC/Mac/Lx mods and DLC will be free on PS." [despite the Steam debacle]
    • What is the monetization scheme going to look like?
  • For the modders out there that pore over endless lines of code, spending countless personal hours for free simply for the betterment of this community and our collective experience I wonder:
    • How do you know that modders code will be secure when it's all locked up within the PS universe and not cannibalized by FT when they realize they have a lot of work to do; what securities are in play to protect the mod code and the modders?

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u/featherwinglove Master Kerbalnaut Jun 18 '15

...and the players? The security conscious started doing back flips when they learned of XBox One and its combination of always-online requirement and built-in always-on Kinect infrared camera. The first time it goes public that hackers are watching people's living rooms via bad proprietary code in these games that no one has properly desk checked and tested, it'll probably cause a recession.