Yeah I don’t understand peoples obsession with continuous development. I understand there’s more competition now, but counter-strike 1.6 stood on it’s own legs for a decade without meaningful updates. If you find a new game that appeals to you more, then go play that. Same with Early Access, if you don’t want to buy an incomplete game, don’t buy early access titles. Of course it would be nice if developers communicated any development breaks or pauses, but they don’t really owe you anything.
I feel devs should push major bug fixes for free—something something games released with more bugs not just because of increasing complexity but because they just ship immediately due to easier distribution of an update instead of testing before shipping. That’s all we’re entitled to. If you want content updates you should probably pay for continued development costs, which is where DLC and subscription comes in. Those also have potential for abuse and unfair pricing, though, so that’s a whole other minefield.
Yeah I don’t understand peoples obsession with continuous development. I understand there’s more competition now, but counter-strike 1.6 stood on it’s own legs for a decade without meaningful updates. If you find a new game that appeals to you more, then go play that. Same with Early Access, if you don’t want to buy an incomplete game, don’t buy early access titles. Of course it would be nice if developers communicated any development breaks or pauses, but they don’t really owe you anything.
I feel devs should push major bug fixes for free—something something games released with more bugs not just because of increasing complexity but because they just ship immediately due to easier distribution of an update instead of testing before shipping. That’s all we’re entitled to. If you want content updates you should probably pay for continued development costs, which is where DLC and subscription comes in. Those also have potential for abuse and unfair pricing, though, so that’s a whole other minefield.