re: r/pcmasterrace has started a campaign not to preorder or buy early access games

I am a professional software QA analyst, and I've got to say, this scheme by gaming companies to get end users to PAY to test unfinished software on their own personal production client is fricking brilliant

This may seem like a jab.. but it's not. The companies get invaluable feedback , and , people get to have fun and help make the game even better for the full release.

Testing is critical. There can never be too much testing. Each bug costs exponentially more to fix the later in the cycle it is found.

Releasing a bugged mess labeled as a production release is a disaster. (Halo mcc).

The 24h early access shite is dumb. Finding willing people to test your currently in-development software is a very good move for all parties involved


If the preorder of a game gives you access to a beta test then it's a good idea and boycotting this is stupid. We as a gaming community will only frick ourselves doing this