The reason many studios do this is because they are based in regions where you get government subsidies for being in pre-release states for game development. Digital Extreme’s Warframe was one such property to do this, and I believe they still classify themselves officially as “in beta”.
Some games arent even possible with these programmes. Like ELEX and ELEX 2 was possible through a government culture grand. We dont get many games from Germany anymore and quality is slipping. You can see that with Daedalic and their Gollum fiasci…
Yep. However, games were of a much higher quality (for their time) before Early Access became a standard. Early Access created a new requirement for those avenues for investment, while they already existed. So to say that EA is something that’s necessary to fetch more funding is accurate today, it’s not the cause of EA being conceptualized and implemented in the market, it was a reaction to the first games that used EA.
The reason many studios do this is because they are based in regions where you get government subsidies for being in pre-release states for game development. Digital Extreme’s Warframe was one such property to do this, and I believe they still classify themselves officially as “in beta”.
Thankfully they actually made a good game lol
Did not know this. Just another waste of taxpayers money 🙄
Some games arent even possible with these programmes. Like ELEX and ELEX 2 was possible through a government culture grand. We dont get many games from Germany anymore and quality is slipping. You can see that with Daedalic and their Gollum fiasci…
It’s really not. The whole reason for the grants is to incentivize companies and educated people to stay in country, which adds to the economy.
Also Xbox charged companies when they wanted to release an update. Keeping the game beta would allow free updates.
Yep. However, games were of a much higher quality (for their time) before Early Access became a standard. Early Access created a new requirement for those avenues for investment, while they already existed. So to say that EA is something that’s necessary to fetch more funding is accurate today, it’s not the cause of EA being conceptualized and implemented in the market, it was a reaction to the first games that used EA.
Fortnite was also in beta for a long time