Quote Originally Posted by Meow_Zedong View Post
No matter what the community thinks or considers, this game is not a beta. It is now a retail game, that is 100% as complete as other games. It will be upgraded later yes, but all MMO's are continually upgraded. The game developers believe it deserves to be paid for, if you do too, then pay. If not, then don't.

Don't expect extra compensation because you are somehow "altruistic" enough to pay for an incomplete game, because you are not. At this point its just like any other. They are providing you a service, you pay for it. It's selfish to think you deserve an extra prize greater than what you would get with a different game.

Seriously do you storm into gamestop and claim that because you didn't like the game you bought you want a free strategy guide or something?
You're sort of right, it probably shouldn't be referred to as a beta; maybe alpha. Alpha tests undergo major revisions to core systems, just like FFXIV does. The 2.0 "free trial PC period" that just happens to overlap with the "PS3 beta", can't imagine why they decided to call that a "free trial period," perhaps not to piss off people who would take offense to it actually being called a beta.