I don't understand why they bother getting a public beta instead of giving us a proper demo. I guess the gaming industry has changed last couple of years. Demo's seem to be regarded as a waist of time...
Also there have been very few innovating games since the financial crisis. I guess publishers want to play safe and milk out their popular franchise.
Yes the gaming industry has changed the last couple of years...
you did realize that now right? It is very different from 2002 or 2005... very... you don't need to worry about what the official naming of the file is.. beta, demo.. it doesn't really matter. It's purpose is to break the system. Basically get as many players in to the system so they can see when it breaks, then close it down, update it, put it back up, break it again. This is how you build a stabile gaming platform.
It's not like bf3 is just a bunch of servers running the beta which you connect to and test it and see if you "like it".. It's the entire system that needs testing, and the only way to do that is by flooding a lot of people in to it.
Basically a beta/demo is not about letting players try the game, it's about letting the creators trying it.
Maybe for small games like RO2 it is about allowing people to get a pre-taste to see if to buy it or not.. that's not the case here.