Following launch troubles with Battlefield 4, DICE has stated they may try early access methods for future games.
DICE general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson has said he’s interested in getting players more involved in the development process, and is even looking at early access models.
“We have nothing to announce, but we are having discussions when it comes to [early access],” He told GameInformer.
Early access schemes give small developers the chance to earn operating cash before a game is ready for full release, usually used for smaller indie devs. “It comes not from a business perspective, but more from a perspective of if it would help us have a stable launch of the game,” Troedsson said.
Battlefield 4′s own community test environment suggests the publisher is growing more keen on the idea of if not fully public testing then certainly more extensive efforts in this area.
“We probably wouldn’t open the floodgates for everyone, but we might do it for geographical territories or people who bought the last game,” Troedsson said..
“It is something we are considering, not from a business standpoint, but from one of creating quality in our products.”
