Well, I'm a backer who would be perfectly fine with "just" the Steam version. Still, a DRM-free version was promised so I prefer and want that.
The waiting time isn't really a problem, since I pretty much doubt each and any target release date, be it a standard commercial or kickstarter release - there's always something not working out as planned.

Not releasing both versions at the same time is.... unideal. It's like sitting in a restaurant waiting for your food while your partner already has his. This should have been announced and explained by Stoic before. Still - something I can live with.
What DID bother me greatly, was the communication (respectively: lack of it) after the delay was known and the game on Steam released. Short updates / explanation why / what, when, where they try to achieve, in short: status updates about it - that's not too much to ask, not even from a small team. Having Google+, Twitter and Facebook links on your frontpage but about 2 "we're working on it" is.... mind-boggling, and not in a good way at all.

That being said, backers have access to the promised DRM-free version.
Non-backers wanting to buy it but having to wait a bit longer (assumable a few days now) have to accept that, no matter what reasons Stoic had in the first place. Those still angry about it, will wait for a sale anyway.
So yeah, nobody really is eligible to complain at this point anymore (apart from telling Stoic why and how you feel - which is at the wrong place here).

Because surely, in the 24 years of my life, I have never been invested into something that turned out differently than I have expected, resulting in a longer wait. Yeah I totally can't relate :-P

I must say I was a bit surprised to see it's built in Flash (via Air). I seem to remember a Linux version being mentioned at some point, which Air effectively negates, but perhaps I remember wrongly. At least the Windows version runs fine in Wine (well, Crossover).

When a game takes a long time to appear (this one was well delayed), everyone backer and those waiting for it to appear in any store has the same wait time. When one version of the game *seems* to be delayed or held back (for whatever reason - technical (and for the cynical anti piracy measure etc) for whatever reason (and im not talking porting to linux or whatever), there is going to be a feeling of disappointment despite the delay. Like Siannah pointed out, the communication (or lack of) was a bit of an issue (seems to be an issue with devs generally speaking).
It SURE FELT like the drm free version was a footnote the whole time and people who waited for it were kept in the dark mostly what was going on .
Game might be a 8 out of 10 fantastic etc, but the customer experience is about 3 out of 10 for me.

Hopefully the gog edition is released this week. Am looking forward to playing it.

Surprised there has not yet been an announcement on their kickstarter page. Would have missed it if I didn't check here.

Not gonna complain, nor do i have to accept anything, i simply won't buy the banner saga, the ship has sailed.

Because this game is completely a joke :)

They either stuffed up or a deliberate ploy.No way to know.

Nope, it's a good game.
Which is why the whole DRM-free debacle is a shame, really, and raises such an argument here. If it was a shitty game, nobody would want it on GOG and thus nobody would care.

You'd hope we wont have to go through the same hoops to get a drm free copy of later chapters when they get released.

Available for purchase now.

Thank you!