In 11 days, we have the splitting of Star Citizen and Squadron 42. Why don't we talk about that for a little bit?
TL;DRThe split doesn't affect existing backers; only packages bought after the stated date change, with one game at the base price and the other as an add-on, and early backers get both.
Oh, right. So, by the way, five minutes before this, I wrote up a little FAQ we're going to post tonight. I shot it over to Ortwin and Sandi to review. It'll have all the details about how much things cost and what this split actually means. A big concern I've seen out there is people saying, why are you taking Squadron 42 away from me? Why are you doing this as a cash grab? None of that is true. It does not apply to any current package. It is only packages purchased after February 14th, 2016. So what we're doing now is telling you, oh, the price will go up at this future time. We've done a free fly so everybody can get in and see that we're making progress before then, so you don't have to pay that extra for the other campaign.
Yes, it is a perk for our early adopters. Early adopters being those who backed in the first three years. If you backed in the first three years, you get both games at a ridiculous cost of $45. After February 14th, new people coming in will have to choose between Star Citizen for $45 or Squadron 42 for $45 or a special...
So how this is working is, it's not quite literally... These are separate things now. It's more of an à la carte. So it's going to be $45, same as right now, and you'll choose one or the other, Squadron 42 or Persistent Universe, and then it will be a $15 add-on for the other one. So if you buy Squadron 42, $15 gets you the Persistent Universe. If you buy Persistent Universe, $15 gets you Squadron 42. So you get both games for $60. Yeah, just like a modern game. And that'll go up down the line again, but it shouldn't be too much of a change right now.
As we approach standard pricing for video games. As we get closer to release, the pricing will increase to market standard and whatnot. So all you guys that believed in us and backed us early, congratulations, you get both games for $45.
And I'm going to stress, anybody watching this likely doesn't have to worry about this at all in any way.
Nope. If you're already a backer, you've got it. It's locked in. You're good to go.