What's the point for $50m Gil to do the Cloud beta test if you can't keep it?

[Reap00]

Even though I did create a character on the Cloud beta & bought some items with the $50m Gil, what is the point when the character & everything purchased including the $50m Gil will be deleted? I definitely misunderstood Yoshi when he said he would give $50m Gil. I thought that it was a reward given to my main character in my main world for creating a new character & playing on the Cloud beta.

Whats the point of life if I lose everything when I drop dead?