Comment on Steam now warns about Early Access that have not been updated in months.

urda@lebowski.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Nindelofocho@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I feel like all that will happen is games will just release to 1.0 as “finished” when they clearly arent. It also may encourage rushing a game out thats a buggy mess.

  Ive known some games to be very rough in early access that become absolutely gems a couple years later in development.

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  • kautau@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah satisfactory spent 5 years in early access. Good dev takes time

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    • CheezyWeezle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What was the longest time between updates, tho? Was there more than a year without any game updates or even status updates from the dev?

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      • ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        While what you say is accurate right now. With the rule in place, automating small “check-ins” and “updates” could become a thing.

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  • urda@lebowski.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So be it, but at some point they need to shit or get off the pot, and way too many games are just staying early access.

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    • qarbone@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What’s the problem with staying in early access? It’s not like the games are squatting on welfare. Do they get anything from Steam beyond a placard that says “my game ain’t finished”?

      The only thing is people deflecting criticism because of the “early access” tag. But if you want to introduce arbitrary term limits so you can win internet arguments about video game developer malfeasance, then you’ve lost me.

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    • Nindelofocho@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I definitely agree. Part of me wants to say the few gems that come out of it make it worth it

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  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But at least that’s honest. They’re saying, “This is the real product” instead of “The real product is coming later if you give us money now.”

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