I think it makes sense but it still sucks. I was really looking forward to playing it.

Botched launch.

Was there a beta? If not, they should have had one.

The real reason is, once people played the free bit they wouldn't bother. Lol. Trouble is reviews are out there now.

Except it's better than most reviews state. Once you start driving you forget about the non open world / few cars / no festival / no story / whatever.

Looking at how the servers are not working even with just the retail and paid digital version, it seems obvious that adding 5 million ps plus editions making demands on the shitty servers isn't going to help things.

I wondered why I didn't see it up...

Um no the people who have the full game cant even get online, what do you think unleashing hundreds of thousands more will do?

The free version is the best possible ad for the paying version though.

we will know if this was a cash grab when FW sales are out

So its Drivealone and not Driveclub anymore?

hmm, if only there was a beta test.