@lebronjames75 i bought insurgency sandstorm in the beta. while there were problems at the beginning the devs are really working hard at delivering new maps (not dlcs) and fixing problems. there are additional cosmetics one can buy, but those don't give you any advantage and are just "for show" and to support the devs. 10/10 business practice imo.
NWI isnt AAA studio though.
look at insurgency, it was a proper success
elite dangerous, a success
Risk of Rain 2, pretty much a success
There are a lot more successes in Early-Access, but
but look at project zomboid, it's been in development hell for like 10 years
SpaceBase DF-9 (what a fucking MESS this is)
StarForge (lmao)
There are definitely some extreme failures here too.