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The advantages of early access for developers are obvious. Games offered through Steam’s early access program have allowed independent developers a way to finance their projects while leveraging community participation, and gives them the power to avoid contractual pitfalls that can come with publisher backing. High-profile games like DayZ, Rust, Planetary Annihilation, and Prison Architect are benefitting from early access. Larian Studios even attributes<\/a> the success of their recently launched RPG Divinity: Original Sin to feedback gleaned from players during the early access period.<\/p>\n

While PC players may have demonstrated their eagerness to purchase unfinished games, will console players do so as well? Sony is considering the question. In an interview with Gamasutra<\/a>, Sony’s Adam Boyes says that figuring out how to do early access the right way is something his company is looking into.<\/p>\n

That’s one of the massive conversations we have internally – that, at what point does [a game meet standards of release]? We still at some point ensure that we’re being mindful of the consumer. We don’t want somebody to stumble across that title and expect a full product, and have a negative experience.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Boyes admits that he played Rust and had a great time despite it being unfinished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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