Sony considering PlayStation Early Access program

[KLXVER]

Raziel123 said:

KLXVER said:

It could be a good thing to let gamers in on the development cycle, but why should we have to pay for it? 

If you didn't have to pay for it, people would play it to death while it's "free" and then not buy it when it's released

These aren't typical betas where you only have access to like 1 or 2 mp maps and you test an infrastructure etc. the game usually starts out with already a decent amount of content and then keeps getting more to the point where often the only thing that changes are a few balance tweaks and slight change in mechanics form the early access build to the final one

content isn't "locked out"; if it's playable, then it's accessible, no matter how rough/primitive. if a RTS race has been designed, it's playable. if a MP map has been designed, it's playable. they're "full" alphas and betas, unlike the kind of alpha and beta tests that we usually get with big games.

So why would you pay for the game and play it when its not done, instead of just waiting until its done. I mean if you get to play most of it in the early access anyway...