There are completely broken games likeThe Day Before.

Theres thatstupid banana game grift.

Theres alotofextremism and hate speech.

Art of Gordon Freeman from the first Half-Life with Half-Life 2 in the orange background.

Demon’s Souls is the latest PlayStation-published FromSoftware game to miss out on a PC release.

Obviously, there are a lot of upsides to this feature.

It might also incentivise developers to be more active and communicative when their games are in early access.

The top of an Xbox Series X console as seen in its reveal trailer

All in all, its a pretty pro-consumer move from Steam.

How long does a game have to be stagnant before this warning shows?

How big does an update have to be to qualify?

An early access warning on Steam over a library of games.

Is there a significant difference between, say, 10 months of inactivity and 12?

Half-Life games start strong and never let up.

Another red flag is that its still unclear how substantial a patch has to be.

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The feature is pro-consumer, yes, but is it pro-developer?

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