I think storefronts should take an extra 10% cut of any early access title sold, added to a pool to be later returned to the developer as a payout once the game officially launches. That way they still get some cash inflow while development is still ongoing but there’s financial incentive to actually finish the game eventually.
Early Access is not a way to crowdfund development of your product.
Early Access is not a pre-purchase
Do not make specific promises about future events.
However, they have added this which makes my original comment null
Don’t launch in Early Access if you are finished with development. If you have all your gameplay defined already and are just looking for final bug testing, then Early Access isn’t right for you. You’ll probably want to send out some keys to fans or do more internal playtesting instead. Early Access is intended as a place where customers can impact the final game.
Have to remember the developer Agreement says Early Access is for games in a finished state that are just looking for number tweaks
Really, these games should be getting delisted, unless they changed that
I think storefronts should take an extra 10% cut of any early access title sold, added to a pool to be later returned to the developer as a payout once the game officially launches. That way they still get some cash inflow while development is still ongoing but there’s financial incentive to actually finish the game eventually.
However, they have added this which makes my original comment null