The real point to episodic releases is for the game company to get returns on their work sooner, this is a big help to small companies who don't have the starting capital to wait until a game is completely finished before they can start making money.
Buying the full season helps ensure the game actually gets finished, while the taking a small risk whether the content you've paid for will still be given to you in the future or not.
Tales of Monkey Island available at Amazon in one-tale increments
Sep 2nd 2009 12:52PM (Joystiq)Buying the full season helps ensure the game actually gets finished, while the taking a small risk whether the content you've paid for will still be given to you in the future or not.