Steam Early Access was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 27 March 2014 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Early access. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. |
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Early access is a very Steam-centric term. I think alpha funding would be a more neutral, cross industry term, and a better name for the article. (I can't really be bothered to start a formal move request though) - hahnch e n 14:50, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
Well basically I've put in some of my free time to contribute some valid guidelines (see the Kickstarter#Guidelines page for an example of an approved guidelines section) to this short article. I would have understood the need for corrections (since it's my first attempt in 2 years to gather good references for Wikipedia and compiling the section properly) but I can't really hide my surprise to see the whole section deleted. As I've already pointed out I've done it based on an already approved section in a really (and I mean really) similar article.
The comment stated: "we're not a howto guide, but if sources comment on how to use early access effectively, we can include that." I'm afraid I find this a bit too vague. For example, most articles in Wikipedia that cover math or programming include at least the simplest of simple guidelines. I don't see how project management of the early access model or other soft skills can't have a word or two that outline proper usage. I'm also confused since the sources did comment on examples of effective early access development procedures. I've also found 3 examples I thought had clear references about how the community helped form the games. I was actually hoping people would expand on the section or introduce (clarified) corrections instead of blocking it entirely.
Can anyone expand on this? Balthazzar ( talk) 16:56, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Thunderbringerstormbrook.
I believe Game reviewers opinions should be voiced on early access as they are influential amongst the community in this area. It's relatively new and their opinions voice concern about them. Early access is relatively also very shady and in a grey zone right now. Minecraft was not a 'early' access it was a indy game released and as more people found it popular---it got more expensive. Mojang started the copy out free, and people gave feedback until the game grew to be a cult classic, to a fun classic, to a all time hit. Minecraft was never early access. Early access strictly talks about crowd funding and alpha funding in early game releases before they are considered 'finished' by the developers or the community. I added controversy arguments which should not be removed due to their signs of pointing out flaws in the article. They are indications of these are things that will be included, but cannot without opinion and no real history to back up. But they cannot not be included because they voice concerns people should be aware about before they purchase the games which many game reviewers, critics and even some developers. Minecraft was more of a game which came to be and as time went on people bought it until it's at the price today. It's a misconception that people think it's a real early access game. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.183.177.112 ( talk) 02:01, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
I do not believe they are violations either because they are statements of what people may think as well. They give insight to the article as they do not say how to per say but these questions do have merit as they point out where the article may be heading and what credible sources are stating. However I did not know how to give more credible sources and the best neutral voice possible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.183.177.112 ( talk) 02:04, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
I've added citations and reverted my edit. Feel free to clean up the language I just feel the article is currently lacking more recent developments on Spacebase DF9. 24.86.44.25 ( talk) 11:14, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
"Early access" is a term that is not confined to game industry, as the article seems to claim.
E.g., IEEE Xplore; Sage and Inscopix, manufacturers of research tools, offer their own early access schemes. Here is a public program in Iowa under this very name.
Gżdacz ( talk) 07:14, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
In this edit, I made changes that made uses of "early access" match the title and lede, that is, make it lower-case instead of capitalized. I base this also on the assertion that it's not a proper noun. However, I left uses of "Steam Early Access" as capitalized, as that might be considered a proper noun, and it matches the (former) WP article (now a redirect).
I understand the temptation to use caps, as it is often used like a definite thing rather than just a description. I note a few sources capitalize it (a couple, confusingly, capitalize "Early" but not "access" -- I don't understand what their reasoning might be). But within this article, we should stick to a uniform way of capitalization.
If enough reliable sources are shown to use it capitalized, then this change can be reversed. But then this article title should be moved to Early Access (currently a redirect).
(Another option, which I haven't seen anywhere, is to hyphenate it: "early-access".)
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My edits to disambiguate this term for the benefit of desperately ill people have been repeatedly reverted. Please see Expanded access, which has sourced material pointing to this paper. Some people have been refusing to accept the citation, and I can only guess that they must be having trouble understanding the citation format, which is why I'm adding a direct URL here. Sminthopsis84 ( talk) 07:09, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
I believe its worth noting early access it had become a trend, with lots of games being "released" and spend their entire lifecycle in this "phase" up to their death. Is it an "early" access if its a 6 year old game that is dying ? Is this just an excuse to release low quality game and charge people for them?
The introduction makes assumption that Early Access is always used for funding, and early access games are always accessible through purchasing, but Early Access is not always for funding, but always for testing, some Early Access games are meant to be free. For example the Steam category for Early Access games features plenty of Free games:
https://store.steampowered.com/genre/Early%20Access/
This Steam search for both the Early access category and the “Free” keywords list both free and free-to-play games:
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=Released_DESC&term=Free&genre=Early+Access
Note that the Early Access page in other language may already not assume the funding to be an absolute characteristic of Early Access, for example the french one:
fr:Accès anticipé --
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Steam Early Access was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 27 March 2014 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Early access. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. |
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Early access is a very Steam-centric term. I think alpha funding would be a more neutral, cross industry term, and a better name for the article. (I can't really be bothered to start a formal move request though) - hahnch e n 14:50, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
Well basically I've put in some of my free time to contribute some valid guidelines (see the Kickstarter#Guidelines page for an example of an approved guidelines section) to this short article. I would have understood the need for corrections (since it's my first attempt in 2 years to gather good references for Wikipedia and compiling the section properly) but I can't really hide my surprise to see the whole section deleted. As I've already pointed out I've done it based on an already approved section in a really (and I mean really) similar article.
The comment stated: "we're not a howto guide, but if sources comment on how to use early access effectively, we can include that." I'm afraid I find this a bit too vague. For example, most articles in Wikipedia that cover math or programming include at least the simplest of simple guidelines. I don't see how project management of the early access model or other soft skills can't have a word or two that outline proper usage. I'm also confused since the sources did comment on examples of effective early access development procedures. I've also found 3 examples I thought had clear references about how the community helped form the games. I was actually hoping people would expand on the section or introduce (clarified) corrections instead of blocking it entirely.
Can anyone expand on this? Balthazzar ( talk) 16:56, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Thunderbringerstormbrook.
I believe Game reviewers opinions should be voiced on early access as they are influential amongst the community in this area. It's relatively new and their opinions voice concern about them. Early access is relatively also very shady and in a grey zone right now. Minecraft was not a 'early' access it was a indy game released and as more people found it popular---it got more expensive. Mojang started the copy out free, and people gave feedback until the game grew to be a cult classic, to a fun classic, to a all time hit. Minecraft was never early access. Early access strictly talks about crowd funding and alpha funding in early game releases before they are considered 'finished' by the developers or the community. I added controversy arguments which should not be removed due to their signs of pointing out flaws in the article. They are indications of these are things that will be included, but cannot without opinion and no real history to back up. But they cannot not be included because they voice concerns people should be aware about before they purchase the games which many game reviewers, critics and even some developers. Minecraft was more of a game which came to be and as time went on people bought it until it's at the price today. It's a misconception that people think it's a real early access game. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.183.177.112 ( talk) 02:01, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
I do not believe they are violations either because they are statements of what people may think as well. They give insight to the article as they do not say how to per say but these questions do have merit as they point out where the article may be heading and what credible sources are stating. However I did not know how to give more credible sources and the best neutral voice possible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.183.177.112 ( talk) 02:04, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
I've added citations and reverted my edit. Feel free to clean up the language I just feel the article is currently lacking more recent developments on Spacebase DF9. 24.86.44.25 ( talk) 11:14, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
"Early access" is a term that is not confined to game industry, as the article seems to claim.
E.g., IEEE Xplore; Sage and Inscopix, manufacturers of research tools, offer their own early access schemes. Here is a public program in Iowa under this very name.
Gżdacz ( talk) 07:14, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
In this edit, I made changes that made uses of "early access" match the title and lede, that is, make it lower-case instead of capitalized. I base this also on the assertion that it's not a proper noun. However, I left uses of "Steam Early Access" as capitalized, as that might be considered a proper noun, and it matches the (former) WP article (now a redirect).
I understand the temptation to use caps, as it is often used like a definite thing rather than just a description. I note a few sources capitalize it (a couple, confusingly, capitalize "Early" but not "access" -- I don't understand what their reasoning might be). But within this article, we should stick to a uniform way of capitalization.
If enough reliable sources are shown to use it capitalized, then this change can be reversed. But then this article title should be moved to Early Access (currently a redirect).
(Another option, which I haven't seen anywhere, is to hyphenate it: "early-access".)
-- A D Monroe III ( talk) 17:51, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
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My edits to disambiguate this term for the benefit of desperately ill people have been repeatedly reverted. Please see Expanded access, which has sourced material pointing to this paper. Some people have been refusing to accept the citation, and I can only guess that they must be having trouble understanding the citation format, which is why I'm adding a direct URL here. Sminthopsis84 ( talk) 07:09, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
I believe its worth noting early access it had become a trend, with lots of games being "released" and spend their entire lifecycle in this "phase" up to their death. Is it an "early" access if its a 6 year old game that is dying ? Is this just an excuse to release low quality game and charge people for them?
The introduction makes assumption that Early Access is always used for funding, and early access games are always accessible through purchasing, but Early Access is not always for funding, but always for testing, some Early Access games are meant to be free. For example the Steam category for Early Access games features plenty of Free games:
https://store.steampowered.com/genre/Early%20Access/
This Steam search for both the Early access category and the “Free” keywords list both free and free-to-play games:
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=Released_DESC&term=Free&genre=Early+Access
Note that the Early Access page in other language may already not assume the funding to be an absolute characteristic of Early Access, for example the french one:
fr:Accès anticipé --
Illwieckz (
talk) 02:09, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
وؤزؤزوبوبزب 37.18.99.123 ( talk) 14:24, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
חע ליעוז זהבי של 2A00:A041:394F:5100:F98D:590C:40DA:5BB2 ( talk) 13:36, 24 May 2023 (UTC)