PS3 Betas Everywhere

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windbane said:

HappySqurriel said:

Is it just me or does it seem like more and more developers are producing demos and calling them (open) betas in order to give a sense of exclusivity and build hype?

I'm not just talking about the PS3 here either, I started seeing this 4 or 5 years ago on PC games after developers were starting beta tests and had hundreds of thousands of people sign up. It seems that many of these (so called) betas now a days start far too close to when the game is released and don't have much of an impact on the end product.

Yeah really. I'm not sure how much the Halo 3 beta is contributing to the game, either. The first I heard of this Halo 3 beta I thought hype, especially when it was packaged with another game purchase (Crackdown). Oh well, hopefully I can get involved in one of these betas...

 Beta tests are there to find bugs that the developer missed mainly.