From a marketing standpoint it seems dumb to bring attention to the fact that your game has been in Early Access for two years.
Why? Concidering most of that time was Covid ...
Honestly it seems to me like people cant really agree on what they want. They pressed on Cyberpunk to be "finaly released no matter the state" and when that happened, they were complaining that it should stay in development longer ... Now there are people complaining that 2y of EA is too much ... but i bet if Larian would simply release it tomorow, the same people would be complaining its not good enough. :-/
Cyberpunk's problems started because they announced a release date when the game wasn't finished, then delayed it. CDPR did that to themselves by setting the expectation that the game was going to come out and put the pressure on themselves. If they just would have remained mostly quiet about the game until it was mostly complete - they would have been fine.
I'm saying that it doesn't seem like a huge milestone or something to celebrate being in Early Access for two years. I'm saying for Larian it could backfire because fans may start to say things like "LOL U R CELEBRATE 2 YRS IN EARLY ACCESS? Y GAME NO OUT YET?!?!?!"
I don't think you want to remind people the game has been playable for two years, but unfinished... is what I am saying. That doesn't seem like a smart move - especially to celebrate it.
I personally could care less if the game release early or late 2023. Or even if it gets delayed until 2024. I just want it to be good when it comes out.
