Why are people forgetting, that Yoshi wants alpha to be running 24/7 from here on out. more invites will come between weds & next week.

Plus, by mid-Beta, all of us will be playing with our saved data restored, playing the full game. Just for the promise of early access to the game as we (1.0 players) don't have to buy the retail copy to play (I only plan to buy the CE edition for the artwork).

This is from Yoshi's mouth himself. Even the PS3 players will be playing this game way after the PC users have been on it for a couple of months.