Planetary Annihilation's $90 Alpha [Jun 14, 2013, 8:41 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Steam News announces
that Planetary
Annihilation is now available as an early access title. This is causing
quite a stir thanks to the $89.99 price it carries, which is steep for a
finished game, much less a pre-beta. They include a note somewhat addressing
this, explaining that this is the price they told their Kickstarter backers that
early access would command:
Our pricing for this stage of early access was determined by our Kickstarter. The stages of our early access for ALL users, which was determined during our Kickstarter, is:
June through August: $90 for early alpha access, during the time where we're still locking down features and making tweaks to the flow of the game. This access is permanent access - you will be able to play through alpha, beta and on through retail. (Galactic Edition Equivalent with all addons)
Ozmodan wrote on Jun 14, 2013, 21:36:
Anyone buying this game is setting a very bad precedent. First off, you should never ever have to pay for a beta. All I can say is, if you spend money on this game you are not sane.
But you don't have to pay for beta, this is for alpha. I have zero problem with devs charging for people to alpha or beta. Supply and demand. However, there is a major caveat. If your game is a bug filled mess at launch don't expect me to buy it at that point. So, in the desire for fast cash they could be shooting themselves in the foot.
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