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Searches for 'Suicide Squad refund' surge 791% following the game's early access launch 'disaster' (www.windowscentral.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

But this game was not released as Early Access. So...

Also, BG3 was not early access, it was beta. Similar, but they're not the same thing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes, Suicide Squad is "pre-release," like Starfield was. And BG3 was early access on October 6, 2020.

My point is that I think OP is likely complaining about "early access" in general and probably never bothered to check if Suicide Squad is "early access" (as in, beta) or "pre-release" (money grab for getting it a few days before everyone else). As in, the typical "didn't read the article" that's so common here and on Reddit.

Edit: OP responded and clarified. They meant the Steam "early access" that many indie games do, not the "pre-order" that Starfield and Suicide Squad did. OP doesn't seem to actually know anything about the game and is just responding to headlines like so many other Lemmy and Reddit users do.