Tracking Purchased EA Games in Steam Library

[Revenge]

There has got to be some type of solution out there for properly tracking your purchased EA games. As it stands, my library "supposedly" has 110 EA games - as sorted using the Store Tag "Early Access". This is wildly inaccurate, due to below problem #3 (yes, i went through and verified and reported many incorrect EA tags that remained post launch) and makes sorting a large library extremely frustrating. Current problems:

1) EA games are not properly labeled as EA inside your library.

2) EA game updates are not communicated to owners unless they are "recently played" games.

3) Community provided EA tags remain on games even after they are fully released. The community cannot be trusted to report erroneous EA tags.

Proposed fixes:

1) A visual que to the game icon itself would be a huge improvement from current library display.

2) A new news feed dedicated to EA game Updates.

3) Games should only be tagged as EA by Steam/Developer upon entering into the EA program, and should have the tag immediately removed once the Developer launches the final release.

The Steam store itself is able to differentiate and display what games ARE and ARE NOT in the EA program, so this functionality should supposedly already be built into Steam, it's just not being shared with your library for proper labeling/sorting.

Thanks for attending my TEDx talk.

[Pscht]

Make your own category.

[Nx Machina]

I have all my games in collections. I also have a Early Access collection to track those games even though they are already in other collections. I remove them from the Early Access collection once released.

[Crazy Tiger]

1) Optionally, sure. I wouldn't want it myself. So options would be good.

2) Optionally perhaps. I rather have the news as it is. So options would be good.

3) Game devs can apply tags as well, seems to be forgotten often. They do, in fact, apply the Early Access tag themselves and then forget to remove it after full release.
Also, tags have also become comunity driven because game devs were applying all kinds of tags to their games to be visible in as many searches as possible, the community asked for a change because game devs couldn't be trusted.
But again, optionally, sure. I like to use the Early Access tag to filter out games that used to be in the EA program. I find that interesting to know. If the tag gets removed automatically, functionality for me gets lost.

[Revenge]

Originalmente postado por Pscht:

Make your own category.

That does not solve the problem that exists in the Steam Library, but was already solved in the Steam Store.

[Revenge]

Originalmente postado por Nx Machina:

I have all my games in collections. I also have a Early Access collection to track those games even though they are already in other collections. I remove them from the Early Access collection once released.

It is not remotely possible to track 100+ games when the Steam Store already has automation built into it to differentiate between an EA game and a non EA game. That automation should be added to the Steam Library as well.

[Nx Machina]

Originalmente postado por Revenge:

It is not remotely possible to track 100+ games when the Steam Store already has automation built into it to differentiate between an EA game and a non EA game. That automation should be added to the Steam Library as well.

You can remove games from a "dynamic collection" that are incorrectly tagged as an EAG.

You should be aware of which games are EAG in your library as you are the one who added them to the cart and clicked confirm.

I automatically add any EAG to my Early Access collection, once i have added to another collection such as ARPG, CRPG etc.

[cinedine]

Originalmente postado por Revenge:

Originalmente postado por Nx Machina:

I have all my games in collections. I also have a Early Access collection to track those games even though they are already in other collections. I remove them from the Early Access collection once released.

It is not remotely possible to track 100+ games when the Steam Store already has automation built into it to differentiate between an EA game and a non EA game. That automation should be added to the Steam Library as well.

Of course it is.
Just go through the list once a month or so.

What good does "tracking" them do, if they just drop off an automated list without you noticing anyway?

[Reggaejunkiedrew]

Definitely agree that the early access tag should have a bit of additional specialized logic compared to how other tags work. it should be programmatically based on the games early access status rather than functioning via user Input like other tags.

All feature tags should potentially work like this and be based on the actual features listed rather than user input.

There's no reason every single player game shouldn't have a single player tag, they should either all have it automatically or none have it and handle features soley as their own selection as is already done and not double categorize things by having them in tags as well as features.

[Revenge]

Originalmente postado por cinedine:

Originalmente postado por Revenge:

It is not remotely possible to track 100+ games when the Steam Store already has automation built into it to differentiate between an EA game and a non EA game. That automation should be added to the Steam Library as well.

Of course it is.
Just go through the list once a month or so.

What good does "tracking" them do, if they just drop off an automated list without you noticing anyway?

Please, if you can, explain to me why I should have to go back through my Steam Library once a month to check on the status of EA game titles I own, when the Steam Store is able to automatically update games that exit EA? Why do you think "Steam Store" should have auto EA status tracking but "Steam Library" should not? Why do you think not letting the user have access to a feature already built into the store is a solution to the problem I have clearly presented? This entire "you should just track 100+ EA games individually on your own" is a meritless counter-point that continues to be said. And for what? If you don't have the problem I have described, then no need to comment here.

[Revenge]

Originalmente postado por Reggaeјunkiеdrew:

Definitely agree that the early access tag should have a bit of additional specialized logic compared to how other tags work. it should be programmatically based on the games early access status rather than functioning via user Input like other tags.

All feature tags should potentially work like this and be based on the actual features listed rather than user input.

There's no reason every single player game shouldn't have a single player tag, they should either all have it automatically or none have it and handle features soley as their own selection as is already done and not double categorize things by having them in tags as well as features.

I just want to point out this: If you go to the steam store, and search for a game name like "7 days to die" (not promoting this game, it just happens to be in EA), then the thumbnail of the game will have a blue banner in the upper left saying "Early Access", the steam store page itself will have a big blue box saying "Early Access Game". The steam store knows what is and what is not EA at all times. The game also has a community tag of "Early Access" which is mostly useless as you will see if you search for another game like "Castle Story". This is a game that USED to be in EA but has since had a full release. Steam Store knows the game was fully released, it removed the "Early Access" banner from the game thumbnail in the store, and it removed the big blue box stating "Early Access Game". Yet, the community tag remains "Early Access" which it's not.

So I ask again, why can the Steam Store differentiate between an EA and full release game, but your library cannot differentiate between them as well? Why would it be so difficult for Steam to add the little "Early Access" banner to the game thumbnail in your library the same way it exists in the store? Why are so many comments here so against this obvious needed change? Really, it's kind of infuriating to see the problem, recognize the problem, present the problem, and provide clear and obvious needed solutions to the problem only to read responses of "you can just go through and check your 800+ game library once a month to see if your EA games have had a full release yet or not". What?

[Zukabazuka]

All I do is making a tab in steam with the name "Early Access"

Then I just check it every few months.

[cinedine]

Originalmente postado por Revenge:

If you don't have the problem I have described, then no need to comment here.

You said "it isn't remotely possible", well it is.
Yes, you could use a lot of additional sources for dynamic collection, the library leaves a lot to be desired there.
But I try to understand your problem: what good does a simple number going up and down does you in regards of "tracking". When 123 becomes 120, you still don't know which three games left Early Access. Even worse now: the three games are no long in this list and you'd have to go through each of your other 100+ games and hope you either remember whether they were Early Access or scour the store page for that information if there isn't an announcement in your face.

[Revenge]

Originalmente postado por cinedine:

Originalmente postado por Revenge:

If you don't have the problem I have described, then no need to comment here.

You said "it isn't remotely possible", well it is.
Yes, you could use a lot of additional sources for dynamic collection, the library leaves a lot to be desired there.
But I try to understand your problem: what good does a simple number going up and down does you in regards of "tracking". When 123 becomes 120, you still don't know which three games left Early Access. Even worse now: the three games are no long in this list and you'd have to go through each of your other 100+ games and hope you either remember whether they were Early Access or scour the store page for that information if there isn't an announcement in your face.

Solution #2 addressed this already. It would provide EA game owners a news stream dedicated solely to EA game updates / full release information without the game needing to have been recently played. This would be an additional news option to place in your library viewer and not a replacement of the current news feed.