Comment on Early access periods should ideally be around six months, research suggests  - AUTOMATON WEST

Ankkuli@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I’ll allow it for smaller studios that have a big, offbeat idea. Games like Factorio, Satisfactory, Kerbal Space Program and Subnautica. All of these games had multi-year early access campaigns that were very successful, Satisfactory in particular. I think it’s appropriate for weird games like these that have uncommon mechanics like factory building, space flight or scuba diving.

  Thinking about Satisfactory, I imagine their sales weren’t spectacular on launch day last year, but a lot of their customer base had already bought the game, so they got their $30. Maybe another way to phrase it is, who cares if it sells before or after launch?

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