Releasing as Early Access or is it a Full Release

[saga286]

Releasing as Early Access or is it a Full Release?

[Sattos]

early access. they are nowhere near 1.0 release

[saga286]

That is unfortunate. It's already been in Early Access on EGS all this time.

[/dev/NULL>skydart]

They seem to have reached a stage now, where they are okay with releasing it on Steam too, even if still in Early Access. I've read they are moving from here forward on both platform now, having identical versions.

[saga286]

Gotcha. I was just hoping to play 1.0 sooner lol. This game is really neat so was little excited.

[Sattos]

Originally posted by /dev/NULL>skydart:

They seem to have reached a stage now, where they are okay with releasing it on Steam too, even if still in Early Access. I've read they are moving from here forward on both platform now, having identical versions.

yeah both EGS and Steam will receive the same updates going forward so people that have the game on EGS can do multiplayer with players on Steam

[Oscar the Ham Bandit]

So they took the epic money and released on early access as an EGS exclusive, only to show up on Steam a year later... still in early access. Good scam, guys. I'm proud of you.

[EyeXombie]

Originally posted by Oscar the Ham Bandit:

So they took the epic money and released on early access as an EGS exclusive, only to show up on Steam a year later... still in early access. Good scam, guys. I'm proud of you.

Oh STFU... How exactly is it a scam? They tell you its early access. You give them money to play early access, you get to play early access. The f@#% are you on about?

[[Wahr] Eogard]

Originally posted by Oscar the Ham Bandit:

So they took the epic money and released on early access as an EGS exclusive, only to show up on Steam a year later... still in early access. Good scam, guys. I'm proud of you.

Not one year later, but almost two years later. It came out in August 2021 on EGS.

[Anakryo]

All Im asking is for it to continue to run on Steamdeck...the demo was a welcome distraction on my long work nights.

[Odiniichan]

Originally posted by Oscar the Ham Bandit:

So they took the epic money and released on early access as an EGS exclusive, only to show up on Steam a year later... still in early access. Good scam, guys. I'm proud of you.

this is the best reply ever. I love it!

[DJ Gershwin]

I might have missed it but i don't recall anything in the trailer saying anything about early access, seems a bit shifty that people need clarification.

[Demonen]

Originally posted by DJ Gershwin:

I might have missed it but i don't recall anything in the trailer saying anything about early access, seems a bit shifty that people need clarification.

The store page, where you do the actual purchase, says Early Access on it in the customary blue frame. No surprises what so ever.
Trailers are part of the hype machinery, and not to be trusted. I mean, the Redfall trailer looks spectacular! XD

[Astra]

Someone did a youtube video on the whole "trailers" thing as a joke, imagine if Starcraft 2 was like the trailers and scenes... Pah.

[Lhosson]

Originally posted by EyeXombie:

Originally posted by Oscar the Ham Bandit:

So they took the epic money and released on early access as an EGS exclusive, only to show up on Steam a year later... still in early access. Good scam, guys. I'm proud of you.

Oh STFU... How exactly is it a scam? They tell you its early access. You give them money to play early access, you get to play early access. The f@#% are you on about?

Welcome to the charming world of the Steam fanboi. They look at things through the eyes of a child, not a business person. They make assumptions and grab onto conspiracy theories and shuffle along with the mob that runs with pitchforks, because "DOWN WITH SWEENEY" is the chant of the day.

You're right of course, it's no scam. Just Epic wanting to secure early sales of an early access title (which I'm sure they made plenty from). Satisfactory did the same thing. I'm sure there are others; all of which knew exactly what they were doing from a business perspective.

But hey, we should probably listen to the rabble of teenagers and unemployed twentysomethings, because they know how the world really works It's not at all because of their self-induced rage that they can't buy the game earlier because they must maintain fanatic loyalty to Gabe - The 30% royalties guy...

[Neynh]

Originally posted by Oscar the Ham Bandit:

So they took the epic money and released on early access as an EGS exclusive, only to show up on Steam a year later... still in early access. Good scam, guys. I'm proud of you.

2 years for a EA it's nothing (Voidtrain = 12/08/21) most games spent at least 2-3 in EA before having a full release, some need more / less than that, and some are still in EA since the begining of early access 10 years ago x)