Quote Originally Posted by ispano View Post
And that's also a double edged sword. I know many people that never looked back when it came to FFXIV, would play it in alpha and get the same impression due to being incomplete. During a normal first release of a game, it's not as bad, but some of these people already have that bad taste in their mouth, so the timing of showing them the game is more crucial.
Most if not all people who play games knows what an alpha/beta is, it's basically a demo so that does not really fly.