Originally Posted by EASyEightyEight
If the game has a purchase price off the shelf, it's believable an open beta would need to last longer.
If it's totally free to play... just how much sense is there in even having an open beta? Planetside 2 might as well be considered released. I know they won't hold months of closed beta, the game survives on numbers, and most reliable testing is done behind closed doors with real, hired testers or family since they're free and always in touch, not random unaffiliated schmucks who won a mini virtual lottery or know a fansite's admin personally that more often than not NEVER submit anything, even bug reports.
The dates make sense. It's just speculation right now, granted, but I can see SOE wanting to release PS2 on PS1's anniversary date. Seems almost poetic considering this is a re-imagining of the war, not a true sequel.
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It wouldn't be Free2Play which SoE has already said it will be if it had a shelf-price. Things that cost arn't free
2011-12-28, 07:57 AM
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