Support NeoGAF

[Physiognomonics]

This game is way too expensive anyways on PS5 and it'll flop. People who are into Returnal are just going to wait for the much better PC port with cheaper CD Keys.

 

[Three]

It sets a greedy precedent, turning complete $70 games into artificially tiered products

Publishers push this because apathy lets it spread. Silence normalizes longer tiers and more fragmentation next time.

Buy standard, starve the trend.

This "trend" is a decade old now. You would have about as much success "starving the trend" complaining as you did other things MS introduced like mtx, paid online, etc.
Welcome to 2015

Complained my heart out about them to no avail. People even cheered it on. The trick is to just not be influenced by the FOMO and get it 2 days later. Complaining doesn't seem to work. Going dark 2 days to avoid spoilers isn't even difficult vs the 5 days for those other games. Especially online games like Forza or Sea of thieves where you're disadvantaged against other players. Scummy stuff all round.

 

[HRK69]

Early access compared to physical copies, I'm not talking about early access between different digital editions. In fact, I'm not even talking about the early access, I'm clearly talking about digital games should releases several days or even weeks than physical copies.

Yeah, you lost me on that one.

But its the same greed right? Just a different excuse. What's the real difference?

More buggy/rushed games?

Once the money's in the bank from pre-orders, the pressure to actually polish the game drops way off, why bust your ass fixing bugs or balancing stuff when the sales are already locked in? Obviously this isn't always the case

But this is exactly how we end up with rushed, buggy messes on launch day. Early access perks just make it worse by pulling in even more blind buys

Prime examples:

Cyberpunk 2077
Battlefield 2042
Anthem
No Man's Sky

 

[mckmas8808]

Come on, that's ridiculous

Good luck avoiding thumbnails of the final boss, random group chat messages like "holy shit that ending," or the algorithm shoving review clips in your face.

Spoilers are unavoidable unless you literally delete social media for the weekend. Not everyone can (or wants to) live like a hermit for two days just to enjoy a game unruined

Publishers know this and bank on it.

Bro......I'm not sure when you were born, but I was born in 1983. Getting off social media for 48 hours is easy! I feel bad for you youngins man. Yall use social media like it's crack cocaine.

Because it's just another annoying trend to add onto the pile of greedy BS that makes this hobby less enjoyable lately

This hobby of yours, is a business for them. Why do so many gamers want these devs to lose out on potential money and then whine and complain when their favs close shop?

You aren't accessing shit early, the company is pushing back release late to everyone who doesn't pay extra $10-30 (whatever that is).

It is a FOMO move and people like you get hooked. Folks who are paying $70 at release can normally afford $90 or whatever this is, nobody is "jealous" but the whole thing is dumb.

Personally I find the whole approach annoying and it immediately pushes any game that does it to a "wait till it's 50% off" list.

I assume these games are games that you aren't that hyped to play then.....