[kjkjadksj]

I don’t get why they do this. You are allowed to release an alpha or beta build and call it so. One of the best selling games of all time is Minecraft and it worked just like this, dripping out features over a decade now from what started as such a basic game from where it ended up.

[tstrimple]

"Early access" games are a huge trend right now. Release the game when it's in a playable state, and iterate based on feedback from the community moving forward. Some games seem to handle this very well with frequent updates and some games kind of fizzle out and disappear. This has also led to a lot of games with about 6 hours of content and then you've done basically everything in the game.

[kjkjadksj]

Early access minecraft might have worked so well then because it was just 3d computer legos basically in the first releases. Infinite content in other words just like a box of legos.