Touch Music Night Talk: Buying the Future of the Game Industry

The author looks back at the many Early Access games in their Steam library, noting that Tale of Immortal: Tianmu Weixin took 8 years to reach 1.0 while Project Zomboid remains in Early Access after 12 years. The piece argues that Early Access turns player communities into near co-creators, and that buying games during Early Access is a way of supporting the industry's future.