Don’t buy an early access game if you expect a complete package.
Sarmyth@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Don’t take early access money if you don’t plan to be giving frequent updates. It’s the nature of the beast.
People don’t expect constant updates from pokemon because when you buy it, it’s “a complete game”. They may drop patches and add content but it’s not expected the way it is from a game supposedly in active development like an early access game is.
IllIIllIllIIIIl@programming.dev 2 months ago
Sarmyth@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s not expecting a complete package at the time of purchase. It’s expecting one in due time with your support.
What you are describing is a game outside of early access.
IllIIllIllIIIIl@programming.dev 2 months ago
Why are those your expectations, then? Seems kind of illogical to look at a system with a history of not that, expect it, then be mad.
You can say it’s not right for it to happen, but to be expecting it just makes no sense at all. Again, I’ll reiterate, you can argue that the system is fucked and needs to change, but, again, expecting an outcome with evidence that it won’t happen, then get mad, is asinine
Sarmyth@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No need to make things up. My expectation is what we get most of the time. You’re the weirdo acting like it’s not. This article is just a developer trying to move the goal posts of expectations yet again.
Like how much of a cuck for these businesses do you want to be?
It’s not illogical to expect a developer to follow the basic standards of the industry they opted into. It would be illogical to declare them the exception.
Small teams drop regular media and content updates all the time without people dying at their desks. The conversation of their working conditions is between them and their bosses (maybe the state), and not their customers.
ahal@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Nah screw that… don’t buy early access games if you don’t think it’s worth it in it’s current state.
Sarmyth@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Naw screw that. Don’t label it early access if you don’t plan to update it from its current state at a rate that the majority of your fan base expects.
IllIIllIllIIIIl@programming.dev 2 months ago
Or just don’t buy a game with expectations that don’t match reality and then get mad at other people.
Typical gamer brain rot
Sarmyth@lemmy.world 2 months ago
But my expectations match the norm! You are stupid.
ms_lane@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Both are true though.
If you want to release your game in Early Access, you should expect to update the game and community frequently.
If you want to buy a game (early access or not), take a look if it’s what you want to play right now, never buy any game, software, service or device that is promising the functionality you want will be coming later. If it does come later, buy it then, never buy on promises.