Early Access dilemma
Hey everyone,
I am struggling with Patreon a bit, on the one hand you guys pay for this, and I want to give you value for money. On the other hand, doing things like early access is "paid access" in a way. I don't really know what to do with it and how you - and - the public would feel about it.
Imagine it being a bit like early access to the mod and using some of the stadiums etc...
Lemme know what you guys think please 🫡
Comments (7)
Not gonna lie, at first I came for the early access, I've never been a Patreon before either. Since Bassy told me on X he will do the EA, it called my attention and may get others too. Even with bugs and issues, I told him it would be lovely to be able to test things early. I'm a dev, so crashes don't scare me and, hey, EA means we can help you too Bassy, testing things in the way we can. But as ppl say, I also support without the EA. I've already donated on pay pal anonimously before and choose to support here too anyways. Mods are the core of pc gaming and your work looks awesome bro!
Aw that is so sweet man! Thank you Arthur :D
Same as the above. Just supporting you! Thanks for the hard work and make our FM live better!!!
I’m just happy to be supporting. Early access doesn’t matter to me.
I'm the same as Arthur above, btw it's Azami. I guess you could use this space to include things other than stadiums like individual pitches or crowds, things yourve learnt along the way
It's a tough call for sure. There's a lot of feelings around paid content but in my experience, people don't mind paying if the content you are releasing is of a high quality. I struggled with this dilemma for a long time before deciding to go fully paid content. The money I make from my databases is now my full time job and allows me to produce better and more high quslity content. In terms of early access for my higher pqid tiers i tend to use it as a 'beta' period. Usually of around 2 weeks for trsting and qc.
Hi! I hope you're doing well. The main reason I support you on Patreon is to help your work. Early access or not, that doesn’t change for me — I appreciate everything you create. I wish I could support even more, but the currency difference between our countries makes it difficult for me financially. Obviously I would love to receive some stadiums early, but if that's not possible, I don't see a problem either and I'll wait for the final version of the mod.
