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Money grabber game10/3/2023 Digital Extremes recently told their studio’s story to NoClip, and admitted the studio was close to bankruptcy when they decided to self-fund their high-quality F2P title Warframe. It can also be a cool way for players to provide funding to the devs making projects that are unusual or risky, allowing them to continue working.Īnd there have been instances of developers doing right by their early access supporters. We’ve been over this, but games are crazy expensive to make, so if worst comes to worst, paid Betas and the like can be a vital source of funding. So you’re saying all early access is a trap? And while pre-purchasing Star Citizen ships is probably a safer investment than Bitcoin, there’s still no concrete guarantee it will ever actually launch, and you’re out however much cash you dropped on it. The point being, if supporters of these games paid to fund a finished product, they still haven’t gotten what they ostensibly paid for. These games have made so much money before going gold, they don’t have much motivation to do so. Day Z was in Alpha as long as most kindergarteners have been alive. Star Citizen, for example, has been in development for somewhere around 300 years. There’s always a chance that the game you played in Alpha will never be fully finished. ![]() The trouble is, payed early access can blur the lines between Alpha, Beta, and completed game. ![]() It’s a pre-order on a game that’s still in production. Granted, in most cases, early access resembles backing a game on kickstarter, just with a playable prototype available.
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