Open betas are more "marketing tool" than "actual test" for bugs, says GTFO developer (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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[-] li10@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 months ago

If they released an actual beta then people would be pissed off.

Beta now essentially means “demo, but with an excuse for some bugs”

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 points 9 months ago

I've seen full reddit threads of gamers raging on bugs in betas. Like, that's what they're there for. It's not so you get special early access. It's so you report those bugs and they fix it.

[-] DemBoSain@midwest.social 9 points 9 months ago

I remember when companies would release a "demo", either for download or included on a disc in a gaming magazine. It wasn't uncommon for companies to patch their demo a few times before the game was released.

This was before patching a game multiple times after release was viable.

[-] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 9 months ago

Yeah that's been true for a while now

[-] st3ph3n@midwest.social 4 points 9 months ago

No shit.

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