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)
I think it's hilarious how everyone rages at the business practices of the big guys, EA, Actiblizzard, etc. Everyone bitches about preorders, prices, DLC, and so on.
Then, the small guy finally finds a way to make their game without all the shenanigans. They find a way to let people that actually *want* their game and want *them* to develop it, then everyone flips the fuck out.
While "putting your money where your mouth is" by not pre-ordering the latest Colladoody likely won't put Activision out of business, it will definitely kill the little guys.
Then, the small guy finally finds a way to make their game without all the shenanigans. They find a way to let people that actually *want* their game and want *them* to develop it, then everyone flips the fuck out.
While "putting your money where your mouth is" by not pre-ordering the latest Colladoody likely won't put Activision out of business, it will definitely kill the little guys.
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