What's the Delay?

[llothos]

Originally Posted by Indigojones

AGREED! isnt that the point of patches?

most definitely it is the point of patches but also if they release a product that "isn't ready" then peoples perceptions of the product could be that it's bad and won't recommend it to others also in turn giving lone wolf a bad rep for releasing poor product (we all know differently of course ). Sure they will patch in the fixes but it's the initial release that often gets critiqued the most.

You see that a lot in games being released too early and not enough polish but end up fixing with future patches, but it's not the patched version that gets reviews it's the initial release. The product could be awesome after the patches come out but that doesn't help them initially when people look up the game/product and it got poor reviews due to some glaring bugs (that could very well be fixed now).

Early access... People will pay money to gain early access to a product with the realization that it's a alpha/beta release and they have input in the development cycle (and they get to use the product). Yes this may not be really new but you see it way more often then say a few years ago.