• magnetosphere@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    Paying for early access isn’t any different from preordering. People will never learn.

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      3 months ago

      In a single player game at least “early access” essentially means the game is out already. You don’t get reviews which is shitty on the publisher but the game is out already

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      3 months ago

      I’m quite thankful there’s so many people willing to pay the full price to beta-test so I can later get it for 90% off with all bugs and performance issues fixed.

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        3 months ago

        It’s Ubisoft

        Those bugs aren’t being fixed unless you pay more or subscribe to some bullshit. And even then it won’t be fixed

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          On the other hand, since it’s Ubisoft, you’re guaranteed a 70% sale 8 months after release for each of their games. I don’t know why anyone would buy their games on release when they all get deep discounts less than a year later

          Unless it’s because so many people fall for their scams that they can afford those kind of sales

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    3 months ago

    I don’t think folks expect to restart when the pre-order perk is 3-days early access… But we live in a world with day one patches on every single game too 🙃

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    3 months ago

    Why would anyone even play a Star Wars game at this point knowing you’re just getting whatever slop some mega publisher paid top dollar to Disney for to fuck you in the ass with.

  • Reddfugee42@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    If only the entire community warns people not to be beta testers or at least not to be surprised when beta-tester-flavored Shit Happens™️.