Others, on the other hand, embark on the project directly and, during its development, hope to capture the interest of users by selling the game through early access. On Steam it is increasingly common to find titles that are still in development with early access and in most of them, you need to pay to allow them to continue with the development, both through purchase and through the usage reports that are automatically generated.
Reasons not to buy a game in development
Below we show you some of the reasons why it is not advisable to invest money in games that are still in the development phase, although many of the titles that have reached the market and have enjoyed a certain popularity have done so through this modality.
No guaranteesDuring the development of a video game, developers publish a roadmap to follow in order to attract the attention of users who may be interested in investing in its development. However, it is nothing more than a roadmap that, on many occasions, is not followed, either by abandoning its development, due to lack of resources or for any other reason, ruining the hopes of players and, of course, of its creators.
No customer serviceIf we have any problems with the game, we can forget about contacting customer support. Generally, studios that offer early access are small or medium-sized studios that do not have enough resources, at least at that time, to create a customer support department to solve any problems that may arise.
No release date plannedAnother reason why we are not interested in collaborating with the development of games when they are still in the early stages is that we never know when their development will end and we will finally be able to enjoy the title as it was designed, without bugs, with all the promised content and without last-minute delays.
Pay to collaborate in development? Although in recent years, major video game studios release their unfinished titles, with a large number of errors and bugs, as if it were a beta of the game and it is necessary to wait for several updates, which sometimes take months to arrive, to be able to play as it should. If a game is not finished and developers need the collaboration of users to improve it more quickly with the feedback of the community, there should be no need to pay to be able to do so.
If we don’t invest, there is no innovation
Above we have shown you the negative points when buying titles that are in early access, however, it is important to keep in mind that, without this modality, many video game studios with brilliant ideas and no means to carry them out cannot see the light . In the end, it all depends on the end user, who is the one who has to evaluate whether or not it is really worth betting on the titles available in early access.