Finished games allowing people to pay extra to play them early is cancerous

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » February 11th, 2023, 19:40

Release Date:
Feb 21, 2023

Pre-order your Digital Deluxe Edition for exclusive early access on February 17, 2023 @ 15:00 GMT.

Really hope Steam does something about this before every game is selling excloosive access if you pay more. That time period it allows you to play before others is going to just keep growing to make the offer look better.

There's no excuse, it's not early access, this is a finished product already done and available.

viata · Post by **viata** » February 11th, 2023, 20:01

Another reason to pirate games. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

Roguey · Post by **Roguey** » February 11th, 2023, 20:22

This doesn't bother me because I typically don't buy/play games until a year or more after release when they're discounted and patched up. A specific developer won't be able to get away with this practice if they slip up and release a Cyberpunk-tier disaster either.

Acrux · Post by **Acrux** » February 11th, 2023, 23:08

To me this goes hand-in-hand with pre-purchasing anyway. I rarely buy games on release anymore because as @Roguey says most of them are in terrible shape. And usually if you wait a year you'll get a significant discount.

Post by **WhiteShark** » February 13th, 2023, 22:44

Waiting only a year is still optimistic. These days it's Early Access, then Release, then Patches, then DLC, then more Patches, etc. I swear it takes 3+ years for a game to be truly finished.