I think it’s both funny and fitting that a video game library opens in ‘early access’. Apart from adding more games over time, I don’t see the distinction between early access and an actual release.
The website is operational and usable, and will have more content added to it over time. Much like early access games. I wonder what the actual distinction is.
I would assume that they plan to throttle or otherwise keep a limit on number of users. In case things turn out to be harder on the backend than they were expecting. Could also be a fencepost in case they decide to shard users in a different way in the future and need to wipe people's save data?
I guess, if the analogy is tight, further content would just be "DLC" while moving from early access to a release would involve functional differences.
The website is operational and usable, and will have more content added to it over time. Much like early access games. I wonder what the actual distinction is.