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Sony is looking into bringing early access/paid alphas to PSN
- Thread starter Killthee
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KnightHart
Member
Fuck Early Access. Fuck it.
What I don't get is people who love to rag on Battlefield 4, or Call of Duty in the past for being "incomplete" because they decided to fix them a few months later, or they had the audacity to sell DLC. People joke about how BF4 is incomplete all the time.
But people will easily accept shit like Early Access even though it's more blatant than any Call of Duty or Battlefield that it's not finished.
Fucking gamers. They complain about games not being complete, but then easily buy into shit like DayZ or Rust Early Access which are blatantly not finished and they practically wear it on their sleeve. It's like it doesn't even matter if the game is finished it only matters if they're more honest about the game not being finished. Hell, I don't think there's even guarantee on Steam Early Access that the game will even be finished at ANY point.
What I don't get is people who love to rag on Battlefield 4, or Call of Duty in the past for being "incomplete" because they decided to fix them a few months later, or they had the audacity to sell DLC. People joke about how BF4 is incomplete all the time.
But people will easily accept shit like Early Access even though it's more blatant than any Call of Duty or Battlefield that it's not finished.
Fucking gamers. They complain about games not being complete, but then easily buy into shit like DayZ or Rust Early Access which are blatantly not finished and they practically wear it on their sleeve. It's like it doesn't even matter if the game is finished it only matters if they're more honest about the game not being finished. Hell, I don't think there's even guarantee on Steam Early Access that the game will even be finished at ANY point.
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Queen of Hunting
Unconfirmed Member
buy the game in early access then come release the game has already been on sale at cheaper price conning people who tested your game, cough divinity, cough grim dawn, and im sure i missed many others
soundscream
Member
Part of the reason I play 98% of the time on consoles, is the expectation of always having a done product that will just work. BF4 has totally left a bad taste in my mouth and will most likely not buy the next DICE game at launch. While early access would come with an expectation of an unfinished product its not something I myself would want to participate in.
If they were to do this they would have to bend over backwards to explain what it is, but even then they will get tons of headaches from dealing with "the game is broken" calls/emails to support, to a point where it might be more trouble then it is worth.
If they were to do this they would have to bend over backwards to explain what it is, but even then they will get tons of headaches from dealing with "the game is broken" calls/emails to support, to a point where it might be more trouble then it is worth.
rbanke
Member
My issue with early access is that I'm concerned many of these games end up in a perpetual early access state. I'm not interested in playing games that aren't considered released for the most part because I don't want to play & finish/burn out on/etc them before the game is complete. There are a few game types that I want to play from the early days until they are done but not the vast majority.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
You could argue that those games never would have been released anyway, so you don't miss anything. If the worry is that the devs would delay the final polish forever because they're still making money then Sony could set a reasonable time limit for Early Access. But the stigma of EA alone is enough to disincentivize that.
Dragonborn
Member
No one would force you to pay for it dude. It's just an option for those that want to
More options is never a bad thing