I’m very anti-pre-order, but early access I’m okay with. It comes with the same decision process as buying anything else, is what I’m getting right now worth the money I’m paying? If yes, then buy it, if no then don’t. I don’t buy promises, I buy products.
Baldurs gate 3 is a good example of early access done right. I knew going in I was getting the first 4 levels and roughly 1/4 - 1/3 of the planned final game, but what was there already was worth the price I paid, even if they never finished or released it, I got my money’s worth imo. I put like 200+ hours into it before it released, i can’t be mad at that for 30 bucks.
Yeah that happens pretty often, just instead of calling them EA they let you find all the bugs and state they will fix them later, or state the majority of the content will be released later.
/S sorta
But I didn’t mean to imply people were buying EA from AAA studios. I was trying to imply not buying the asset flip games steam is plagued with, alot of them being in early access.
I’m very anti-pre-order, but early access I’m okay with. It comes with the same decision process as buying anything else, is what I’m getting right now worth the money I’m paying? If yes, then buy it, if no then don’t. I don’t buy promises, I buy products.
Baldurs gate 3 is a good example of early access done right. I knew going in I was getting the first 4 levels and roughly 1/4 - 1/3 of the planned final game, but what was there already was worth the price I paid, even if they never finished or released it, I got my money’s worth imo. I put like 200+ hours into it before it released, i can’t be mad at that for 30 bucks.
Early access from Indie dev studios that are active with the community and transparent about roadmaps and future content
Some more examples: Project Zombiod by Indie Stone Subnatica by Unknown world’s
Wait, people are buying EA from AAA studios? Cuz like the VAST MAJORITY of EA games are Indie
Yeah that happens pretty often, just instead of calling them EA they let you find all the bugs and state they will fix them later, or state the majority of the content will be released later. /S sorta
But I didn’t mean to imply people were buying EA from AAA studios. I was trying to imply not buying the asset flip games steam is plagued with, alot of them being in early access.