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So it might be a silly question, but if I buy the game in early access but I don’t actually download it until after it goes ‘final release’, will I still have access to the full game at release? I’ve never bought a game ‘early access’ before.
I kinda want to get it for the $30 price point now if it’s going to be a full $60 later. I’m mostly interested in playing other people’s creations rather than making my own though, so I’m not in a rush to try the early access until there is a bunch of finalized games on there.

@Th3solution Yep! As long as you purchase it, you'll be good for the final version. It'll be looking for whether you bought the game or not on the PlayStation Store, not if you downloaded it.

@Th3solution If the SHopTo tweet is anything to go by - and we seem to be going by it, don't we? - then the game won't be $60. I'm not sure what 32 translates into $ but I'm guessing maybe $39.99? Concrete Genie was $29.99 so that's also possible but it would kind of seem a slap in the face for everyone who ponied up $30 for early-access if the final game is the same price, but I just can't see $60.

I mean really, how many people who did't pony up the $30 are going to want to buy this for $60? $40 seems a happy middle ground, especially if it releases on disc.

Full disclosure - we paid $30 day 1, played it once or twice, maybe 3x, I really want the VR component and the story mode to hook me in. If it's $30 it's $30, so be it, but if it is $60 in Feb it'll be $40 by E3 and $20 by this time next year.

@rjejr How is it a slap in the face if it's 30 at launch? You didn't pay anything more than that, and you got to play it sooner. So it's still a good deal, no? I can understand it if it was cheaper at launch, but that isn't the case.

@rjejr early access players get the full game for no extra cost when it releases so I don't get how it would be a slap in the face even if it was 60?

I can’t wait for the VR mode to be added. So many possibilities.

@viciousarcanum @Octane I think it would be a slap in the face if the game released at $29.99 b/c usually people who are paying the early access price are paying to basically be beta testers and are using an incomplete product and are reporting on problems they discover and aren't getting the full game while they are beta testing it.

Plus - why advertise the price as "early access" if you are just going to charge the same price later? How does that make any sense? Just sell the game then and say you'll add stuff and update it later for free like No Man's Sky or Splatoon has done all these years.

To me, advertising the price as "early access" assumes it's cheaper. My understanding has always been "early access" is cheaper than "day 1" but I don't follow Steam all that closely.

So that's why I think it would be a slap in the face, sort of "false advertising" based on the general feel that "early access" folk typically pay less. You don't have to agree, and I could be wrong, but that's the basis for my reasoning. If you are going to call it "Early access" charge less, otherwise, just charge the full price and say the game is a "service" and improvements will be drip fed.

@rjejr I don't think they ever said anything about an ''early access price''. They only said the game was early access, meaning you can access it, well, early, but without all the features present. You don't have to report bugs either. I think everyone buying it as early access had an understanding of what they were getting. And you still get the full game when it comes out, so I don't see the problem to be honest.

@Th3solution Save your money dude, it's not very good....

@Octane If I said "early access price" anywhere I apologize, I didnt' mean to say they advertised it as an "early access price" just that it was advertised as "Early access", which I understood, and I assumed most people did as well, to mean less than full MSRP.

If you don't think "early access" means "lower price" then what do you think it means and why do you think they called it that?

And if your answer is "early access" means "Early access" at the same price, then why even call it that, almost every game released today is pretty much "early access" until the patches and updates show up, it's pretty much understood.

A company doesn't have to say "Early access price", that would be redundant, that's what early access should mean, lower price, b/c you are only getting part of the game but the company gets paid and they can use that money to continue to work on finishing the game. early access = lower price

People should get a discount for paying up front for only part of a game now, waiting who knows how long for the finished product. Isn't that how kickstarter works, pay up front for kickstarter, get the game at a lower price than those who wit for the game to be finished? It's an investment in the company.

@rjejr I would happily pony up another £60.

Just saying.

@themcnoisy To each their own, glad you're enjoying it.

@Th3solution There are loads of finished games including 2 of my own!

I presume I can use the 10% code of the early access price might take the plunge.