Saros Succumbs to the Pay Extra to Play Early Trend

If its as good as returnal it's a no brainer

Please just Piss Off..ffs

I cannot lie I'm tempted. Less for the Early Access and more for the costumes. One of my regrets is not getting the black astra suit for Returnal.

Regarding the Early access trend. I hate it. I hate that I fell for it with DS2 last year but at the same time when streamers, twitter users and algorithms go out of their way to put spoilers two days suddenly feels like eternity.

The one thing I will say, I respect that Sony review embargoes release early. If the gane scores like Returnal or higher I can accordingly buy the edition I want and pre-download it before release.

I don’t really care. I’m not in the age anymore with the need to play or to have everything from the first day. There are so many other activities and 48 hrs isn’t an kind of a deal.

I absolutely hate the "early access" BS trend, some poeple do it just so they can spoil it for others...

I don't particularly like it, but it doesn't really bother me either. It's easy to ignore, and maybe it means an additional patch before the official release.

Perfect for the weirdos with the FOMO sickness

@Oram77 as I said in my comment above. I got Early Access for Death stranding 2 just to have a Youtube video already give me the massive act 1 spoiler when I was having lunch at work and was gonna play the game that night.

I paid more money just to still get it spoiled.

I can't complain, I recently paid for the early access for Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined 😅

"This is for the shareholders" 😄

Basically squeezing every penny out of fans

I've been banging this drum for a while, especially with Xbox's play day one (though in reality day 3 or 5) on Gamepass. People need to stop calling it early access as well, that is something different and at the end of the day, the first day a game can be bought and played is it's release date, no matter how publishers want to dress it up

And here I am, will pay $20-$30 and play it a year or two down the road. Plus with all the quality of life updates. I see absolutely no reason to buy any game day 1 unless it's multiplayer specific.

I can see if you're in grade school and university buying single player games day 1 so you can keep up with the trends and with buddies but really no reason at all to buy any game day 1.

Idc about when, might not be able to play on the exact release date anyway - I do hope there's a physical deluxe edition or a way to upgrade (like Rift Apart did) though

The only good thing about this tactic (in general, not for Saros) is that performance issues should hopefully be highlighted before the general public buys a game. Doesn't really apply to 1st Party Playstation games though as they usually are highly optimized. I Kinda wish Crimson Desert would do this.

Paying for early extra to pay early is such a con how about you just give everybody what they payed for at the same time instead of dangling a carrot that nobody cares about dont get me wrong saros looks good but not so good that i couldnt wait another 48 hours its just a bizarre and pointless.

I will purchase the early access and just put the game in my backlog.

Funny how beta versions are more expensive than the finished product.

I'm part of the pay less club. It comes with a little delay, but loads of bug fixes and a heavy discount.

I honestly don’t have an issue with this.

@Czar_Khastik this is the way hahaha

I prefer „Late Access“ and wait for several months. This gives me the „ripe“ version with the most important patches for a lower price.

What I hate about early access is that it gives the perfect tool to engagement baiters as they post eye-catching footage of the game spoiling it for everyone else.

If gamers stopped getting manipulated by this trend we wouldn't keep seeing them pop up. We have a choice not to be exploited.

@KillerBoy awww poor little gamer can't help themselves

@IOI lmao just look away stop acting like you have no control over your life

Who's cares, just don't pay it if you don't it.

Stop feeding unnecessary negativity with a silly article for no reason.

This is dumb. You're paying for the extra armors, not the early access. That's just a bonus because you'll be able to buy the Digital Deluxe upgrade for $10 even after the game has released. There is no "pay extra to play early" thing gong on here.

Please call this what it actually is - pay extra to play at launch.

I hope no one is stupid enough to pay extra fir a couple of days early play. Wouldnt do that even for the a ps all stars, on principle

No. I'm ok, but thanks?

Now definitely
Anything is an Xbox 😂😂😂

Nah I'm not paying for "early access". I hate this scummy trend and it just means I'll wait for a sale instead.

I love that $69.99 is £69.99 when it should be £51.34, $79.99 should be £58.67 not £79.99 in pounds. Definitely buying the game, not too bothered about playing it 48 hours early and paying for the privilege.

I am scared to see how expensive and how early the GTA 6 early copy will be.

Still very excited for this game, but I'll be playing it day one, not day negative two.

When you consider the other bad practices that have been allowed to propagate, such as paying for online multiplayer, day one DLC, microtransactions and more, it isn't that surprising companies do this as they know there are enough people who are foolish enough to buy "early" access.

As much as I enjoyed Returnal the dodgy exchange rate employed by Sony ensures that I will get a physical version and most likely on the Pay Less Play Later scheme.

@Titntin will you buy it day 1 or wait for a sale?

Looks alright, Returnal was pretty good, although I'll wait for sale