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I propose 2024 is the year of early access games boycott.
Bring back completed games only.
How about you care about your own stuff? I gonna buy Norland as soon as I can.
this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2024
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The thing is, early access games aren't necessary unplayable.
If they are good enough in their current form to warrant the price, then that is a good time to buy them. The updates are only a bonus at that point.
But don't buy early access for the promised features, since they may never arrive.
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Oh, sweet summer child...
The biggest hypocrisy are games in early access that release a DLC before v1
Fuckin' Ark.
It's a democratic economy! Why should capitalists get to make all the stupid decisions?
The games I have bought in early access:
- Kerbal Space Program
- Factorio
- Satisfactory
- Subnautica
Early access isn't the problem.
Project zomboid
Same here with 7D2D I have over 1k hours on it and it's still fresh to me.
Was just gonna say I've put an embarrassing amount of hours into Satisfactory, which is an "early access" game I paid like $20 for. Nothing wrong with it. It's not an abandoned product, but even if it was I'd have a hard time complaining about it.
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Buying early access makes you an investor. Which has the possibility of the product failing. It is a bet, treat it as such.
What % of profits do you get if the game is a success?
Sometimes they're cheaper than launch price? Or you may get exclusive cosmetics? Idk
(Not saying it's worth it)
It's more like an investment in infrastructure. The city isn't making a dime from repaving roads, but they certainly are useful. It's a bit of a gamble if they'll develop potholes or even get finnished sometimes, but people want roads.
What? City is absolutely making money from repaving roads. The businesses that use those roads pay taxes, people that work in those businesses pay taxes. Good infrastructure brings more businesses and more people and let's city grow. You put money in it and it brings benefits later. That's exactly what investment is.
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That's the neat part, you don't!
You son of a bitch! I'm in!
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I have 10 times more full release fail buys than early access. While early access often costs half of a AAA title. So you better switch those images.
Preordering is a bigger issue than early access. At least with early access there is an existing game people can review.