If you don't know what Early Access it, it kinda explains itself. A company can make a game available in an early access state (often in an alpha state) and they say the community can help further the development of the game.
While this is true, as in the example of DayZ SA where the community has helped detect some bugs, glitches and exploits, it can also lead to some bad things.
One example of Early Access being abused was a game called 'Towns' where the developers abandoned the project because "he wasn't making enough money to pay rent and buy food". Although this may be a valid reason, it left everyone who bought the game with a sour taste in their mouth and have said they will boycott the company who started development and have said they will discourage people to buy any of their games they may release in the future.
However, Valve have changed their ToS on Early Access and have stated that "do not buy an early access game if you have doubts about it, or don't want to support the games development. Buy at your own risk". Still, games such as DayZ (Over 2 Million Copies Sold) or games like Insurgency (Now completed) are doing well and show that Early Access can be a good thing.
Whats your guys thoughts on this? Let me know down below and until next time.
This weeks song is "Can't Stop" by Red Hot Chili Peppers. I like the Red Hot Chili Peppers as their songs are energetic and catchy. Plus its one of the bands my dad listened to so from a young age I've listened to their music. I picked this live performance because I couldn't find the music video in the video finder in Blogger and because this is better than just having a lyric video.
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