I honestly prefer Valve's method. You as a consumer should be reading what you're buying before you purchase anyway, and you can still use their refund system if you somehow missed the warning.

Removing unfinished games from the storefront just increases the amount of lost media out there. These projects should be available for as long as possible simply for archival reasons.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just give me a notice before I buy, "Warning! This game is in early access and hasn't been updated in X amount of time. It may be abandoned."

If they're going to do anything else, block sales to the game after a certain period of inactivity and notify the dev to either update the game, delist, or make the game free.

That way the game isn't lost to time, people aren't getting scammed, and it places some accountability on the dev if they want to continue their project.

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago

If you're not already aware, almost that exact warning message exists on steam now.

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