News inside jeuxvideo.com Early access, a goose that lays golden eggs for developers? LaPetitePelle draws JeuxVideo.com n°552
Published on 11/24/2024 at 09:05
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Early access allows different players to access the video game before its “official” release. Our designer comes back to some who are sometimes ready to buy a Deluxe edition to have 3 days in advance.
DRAGON BALL: Sparking ZERO as an example
Early access (and not early access) allows you to have access to our favorite game in advance. This is a practice that is becoming more and more widespread in the industry. Recently, there was the case of DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO. Indeed, the worldwide release was scheduled for October 11, 2024. However, some people had access to it from Tuesday the 8th. To have this exclusivity on millions of consumers, they decided to buy the Deluxe (€99.99) and Ultimate (€109.99) editions of the title.
These players therefore paid at least 30 additional euros to obtain bonus cosmetics, a season pass as well as early access. LaPetitePelle questions this practice. On the last drawing of the board, we observe that only one of the two characters receives his coffee because he took the “deluxe”. The other character must wait 10 minutes before receiving it. You can also look at the name of the brand which does not leave you indifferent.
Back machine for Ubisoft
The French giant, Ubisoft, was known for allowing players to enjoy their major titles three days in advance. By pre-ordering their collector's edition, each person ensures that they are among the first to discover the game. You are even entitled to a season pass if you pre-order the future Assassin's Creed Shadows. But the company has just completely changed direction. After mixed results on Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft decided to postpone the release of Shadows and especially to remove early access for their collector's edition.
The studio therefore wishes to get closer to its community which was beginning to find this system rather abnormal and far from egalitarian. If you pay more, you will have the right to discover before anyone else. But video games are intended to unite and unite people instead of dividing them.
