Post by orion on Mar 21, 2014 19:44:52 GMT
As business models evolve on PC, with successes like Minecraft, DayZ, and Rust earning millions of sales before they're even complete games, Microsoft is seeing Early Access as "ripe for innovation on Xbox One," according to Microsoft Game Studios' Phil Spencer.
Phil is basically saying with Indie games, we may be getting paid Alpha's. I hope they work out the business model for that well. MGS:GZ is not a good example. That should have been free.
In Titanfall's instance if it were an indie studio, I wouldn't mind paying $20 for it for early access, and then I'd pay the remaining $40 or so to get the full game later. Hell, work in a discount for testing. That'd be cool. Of course it would be download only, and that's fine. Another step towards lowering the price of games for going all digital.
Source: IGN
