When did we start to accept broken singleplayer games on release?

[Darujhistan]

All started with people jumping on the beta testing bandwagon years ago. Now that's changed to kickstarter early access, alpha 1-100, beta 1-100 and full release as soon as they think they've got something half playable and post release fixing keeps them all in a job longer. Updates are fine but paying for a game on release just to be a bug hunter is bloody annoying. I now usually wait 6 months, wait for bugs to be ironed out and get the game for half of the initial release price.

Yeah, once Pandora's box was open that was it, as soon as mugs were lining up to work for free, as if these companies were their "friends", then that was that, given them an inch and they take a mile, and we have have half finished junk for £60 and simps who defend everything.

Like you, I wait 6 months maybe even years to play and buy games now, I don't even check the progress of games in dev, I don't watch any YT vids on them, any trailers or anything else.

Currently playing 10 year old Metro 2033 and having a blast, paid next to nothing for it.