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Ubisoft Gives Annoyed Star Wars Outlaws PS5 Players Who Paid to Play Early but Lost All Progress a Trinket and Some Loyalty Points No-One Wants (www.ign.com)
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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 40 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Paying for early access isn’t any different from preordering. People will never learn.

[–] Fogle@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In a single player game at least "early access" essentially means the game is out already. You don't get reviews which is shitty on the publisher but the game is out already

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 9 points 3 months ago

That’s my point. Either way, you’re not getting reviews.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I feel no sympathy for idiots who pay for "early" access for games like this.

[–] missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm quite thankful there's so many people willing to pay the full price to beta-test so I can later get it for 90% off with all bugs and performance issues fixed.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's Ubisoft

Those bugs aren't being fixed unless you pay more or subscribe to some bullshit. And even then it won't be fixed

[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

On the other hand, since it's Ubisoft, you're guaranteed a 70% sale 8 months after release for each of their games. I don't know why anyone would buy their games on release when they all get deep discounts less than a year later

Unless it's because so many people fall for their scams that they can afford those kind of sales

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago

Its funny because it's still buggy lol

[–] themizarkshow@lemm.ee 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don't think folks expect to restart when the pre-order perk is 3-days early access... But we live in a world with day one patches on every single game too 🙃

[–] gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Why would anyone even play a Star Wars game at this point knowing you're just getting whatever slop some mega publisher paid top dollar to Disney for to fuck you in the ass with.

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

If only the entire community warns people not to be beta testers or at least not to be surprised when beta-tester-flavored Shit Happens™️.