Sony considering PlayStation Early Access program

[naruball]

VanceIX said:

naruball said:
Why is it that people assume that gamers are sheep who can't make decisions on their own? No one is forcing anyone to buy and play early access games. If it's not for your, don't buy it. All you get to do with this is pre-order a game and get to play it when it's not ready yet. While some of us have no interest in it, others do. So let them have this option.

I still don't get this whole "If I don't like, no one can have it" attitude.

It's more like early-access encourages devs to release an alpha product for money, and since they already have the money, there's less incentive for them to make the game the best they can. It's not the same with all games, true, but as a big Steam user I can tell you that the vast majority of early-access games end up being mediocre, or worse.

So, in other words, people shouldn't waste their money on games that might end being mediocre. Agreed. But who are we to tell them what to do with their money? Also, I'm sure every developer wants to make the best game they can (some times they don't because of lack of time or funds) in order to turn them into franchises or make more money thanks to good word of mouth. The games you've tried ended up being bad because the developer was bad. Not because they got enough money and called it a day.