Should Splatoon have a Multiplayer Beta?

[anonymunchy]

generic-user-1 said:

anonymunchy said:

Einsam_Delphin said:

Whut? That's basically what a Beta is and does! Can't really have an online multiplayer demo that runs past the release date as then it'd basically become a free2play game.

Beta's are done to discover bugs and faults in an unfinished game, demo's are designed to introduce people to the game concept and convince them to purchase the full product, they are very different.

I don't think they should do a public beta, but instead as mentioned, release a multiplayer demo, preferably one that carries over progress.

w8 what?  open betas are just marketing... it is not realy usefull because to many idiots take the free stuff, that makes it hard to get good feedback. the only usefull betas are closed betas without giveaway keys

I agree, open beta's are just marketting and not really usefull, so instead of doing a public beta, keep it in house, fix the bugs and release a free multiplayer demo alongside the main game.