Quote Originally Posted by Elexia View Post
Sadly beta = early preview to this generation of MMO players because that's exactly what the companies consider their beta. They only use the term beta to cover their asses if their demo is broken in any way so the press won't hop on their ass about a broken game.
There is more then 1 type of beta though, and alot of people dont know the difference


open betas are commonly used for that

but closed betas are not, closed betas are extremely limited and have that nasty NDA you gotta watch out for