@kaliranya I guess it depends on the context. A lot of stuff dies still in EA before being truly complete. If it dies in EA, this does mean something. If it's completely out and then dies, yeah, that's dumb.

I guess I've seen either way.

But yeah, I also would like to see more games actually enter a finalized state. Take 7 Days to Die for example. I was really happy with the last major version. There were great mods (Undead Legacy, omg.) Then they make yet another update that changes a bunch of mechanics weirdly (why are we making smoothies to deal with weather in a zombie survival game???) I can't tell Steam "don't update!" Hitting run updates it even if I set it not to be automatic. So now I have smoothies instead of a really fun mod. Maybe it's time for it to stabilize...

@nazokiyoubinbou Ah yea, this is definitely not EA I'm remarking on, here!

...I'd be surprised if a game even got bug fixes if it lapsed into eternal EA mode. That would be a rather interesting case, perhaps a developer who's lost the funds or creative will to see the project through to conclusion, but feels an obligation to at least keep what's done working.

@kaliranya You're right then. Expecting some non-EA game to perpetually update to meet their expectations is just... weird...

I did see that with Starbound. I don't know all the details and I don't know what people are thinking is incomplete (I see a lot of people saying stuff like "the devs released what they called a finished product" as if there was still something to change or add? Wasn't the campaign and everything finished?) There is even a review near the top similar to the one you posted. Sheesh.

Devs can't keep it going forever. At least not normally. (7D2D seems to have no plans ever to finish 😆 )