![]() ![]() "If you would do it, it would have to have some kind of protection," he believes, "because consumers are coming, they are seeing certain promise. That's one of the key issues for Iwinski in GOG offering Early Access games. But what happens if an online store doesn't have the desire or the facilities to do that? Is the customer simply left out of pocket? With the specific example of Earth: Year 2066, Iwinski thinks Valve refunded people out of its own pocket. "Consumers should have an option to opt out if they're really unhappy still" Marcin Iwinski It would have to be curated and, we believe - we are always saying this very openly - we are responsible in front of the gamer for what they're buying on GOG." "We would definitely consider it," he said, "but again it would be the GOG way. And it's tempting, it's really tempting: you're a developer and you can get to Early Access and charge 40-whatever for your game, for your non-working alpha. ![]() "With the approach that Steam has they decided not to, and it's fine, it works extremely well for them and some developers, but it has threats like the one of bad Early Access games. I don't know what's happening there's hundreds of releases a month, and I really believe - and our community's clearly showing that - there is a place for a platform which is choosing the stuff. I'm often very lost in a lot of stores - apps being my example today. "As you know our concept is different first of all it's DRM-free and second it's curated. "We're obviously looking at it," he begun. He's considering Early Access, he said, but there are a couple of things GOG would have to change first. It's against that backdrop that I raised the topic with Marcin Iwinski, co-founder of CD Projekt, the company that established and owns popular retro-game download shop GOG. And while that's an extreme case - and there are also many good Early Access games - there are enough milder examples of developers not quite delivering what fans who paid them believed they would, to make Early Access a concern. "Scam" release Earth: Year 2066 was hauled off Steam for misleading customers and taking their money. ![]() Early Access releases are becoming more and more common - almost routine - but that's not necessarily a good thing.
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