It’s niche, but it lets them get the best of both worlds. Even when a company does early access right, a lot of people would rather wait for the complete game.
This would let them refine and build up with early access, then get a significant boost at their proper release.
That would be probably least used feature ever.
It would definitely help filter out bad faith early access games from projects by indie devs who genuinely need the funding to continue development.
I think restricting the ability to modify that date once set and showing all previous dates if they get bumped would make this a really useful tool.
It’s niche, but it lets them get the best of both worlds. Even when a company does early access right, a lot of people would rather wait for the complete game.
This would let them refine and build up with early access, then get a significant boost at their proper release.