Conan Exiles early access streaming has already started today on twitch.tv!
So today browsing the game directory on Twitch.tv I noticed Conan Exiles was on the list and I said to myself isn't the official early access release tomorrow?
Checking the sticky on the steam community section does indeed list the release for early access as follows:
- Pacific Standard Time 9:00pm 30th, 2017
- Mountain Standard Time 10:00pm 30th, 2017
- Central Standard Time 11:00pm 30th, 2017
- Eastern Standard Time 12:00am 31st, 2017
- Atlantic Standard Time 1:00am 31st, 2017
Whatever the case is does it make sense to continue this selected press copy streamer thing in 2017?
My opinion is that its probably more harmful then good and here is why I think this way.
- Majority of the streamers who are selected for press copies are your typical pump and dump. Do you want to build a streaming community on twitch for your game or just sell as many copies and not care? I guess that would be the question right? If it was me picking who gets any time of special early access or press copies I would find streamers who have been doing youtube content already, podcasting, fansite making and/or bloggers who have been talking about the game. These people would be first on my list for any press related content or perks.
- Cutting out other streamers will make some angry and you may lose them as customers. Go look at the subbreddit or the steam discussion forum you can see some of the anger there.
- Extra confusion of release dates and time, again you can see this play out on the forums or the subreddit.
- Disclosure issues, are the streamers who received press copies are following correct disclosure protocol? I have a strong feeling this is something overlooked...
In order to gain access you have to pay $29.99, and judging by the reviews it seems better to wait for server issues to be fixed. Many reviewers are saying server performance is really bad, alot of rubber banding and other issues.
