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Honestly, that's a form of premium that I'm onboard with. I wouldn't buy it myself...but by the same token, I don't mind waiting 48 hours, so it has a very minimal negative impact on me. A game could just as easily have crashed into a bug and slipped release by much more than 48 hours.
And if you're getting a game 48 hours prior to release, you're at least getting a finished game. The curse of early access schemes is games that never really make it to a finished game. You're paying more, but you're still getting the product, and it's pretty easy to judge what you're getting and whether it's worthwhile to you.
Game publishers normally do have some form of leveraging price discrimination to get people who want a game sooner to pay more...but it's usually in the form of prices dropping over a much longer period of time, older games costing less. I don't mind waiting 48 hours. Frankly, I'd rather wait a couple of weeks anyway for bugs to be patched and reviews to come out. I care more about waiting five years (though there's the whole [email protected] crowd who intentionally wait a period of time after release, maybe a year or more).
True. But, personally, I think it has all the downsides of pre-ordering but at extra cost. The game could be an absolute disaster (Suicide Squad, anyone?) and there's no way for anyone to know that. Not waiting to be able to properly inform yourself about what you're spending money on is so stupid.
I'm honestly reaching the point where I think pre-ordering games should be legislated against. Sure, it's only stupid people being parted from their money, but it's clear some consumers need protecting from themselves and it's only really the corporations that would lose out.
As long as we start rephrasing for what it is. Premium users don't get it 48hrs before release. It's released and anyone who pays can get it.
It's withheld from everyone else until the elites get their go at it.
48hrs of early access is also nice for games like MMOs, getting a chunk of people through starting zones before the masses is good for everyone. Competitive games can get more dedicated players out of the lower leagues a bit faster.