@[email protected] to GamesEnglish • 11 hours agoSteam now warns about Early Access that have not been updated in months.bsky.appexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1736arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: gamedev
arrow-up1731arrow-down1external-linkSteam now warns about Early Access that have not been updated in months.bsky.app@[email protected] to GamesEnglish • 11 hours agomessage-square83fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: gamedev
Excellent feature. One of the first things I check anyways when buying early access games is when the last news post was.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-24 hours agobeing consumer friendly has brought them more money than any exploitative behaviour ever could have. Getting rid of that would be like butchering a goose that makes golden eggs just so you can get some extra money from the meat.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•4 hours agoButchering that goose is the common tactic of satisfying shareholders temporarily. Fortunately, their shareholders are still private and they don’t have to go to that level (yet)
being consumer friendly has brought them more money than any exploitative behaviour ever could have. Getting rid of that would be like butchering a goose that makes golden eggs just so you can get some extra money from the meat.
Butchering that goose is the common tactic of satisfying shareholders temporarily.
Fortunately, their shareholders are still private and they don’t have to go to that level (yet)