Beta duration is unacceptably brief for a pre-order perk (Destiny)

by Claude Errera , Wednesday, July 09, 2014, 10:19 (3799 days ago) @ kapowaz

Not sure why this has to be so confrontational, but it really seems like you're being obtuse when looking at the responses you're getting. You started this thread by saying that the beta was unacceptably short. (This is certainly a widely-held viewpoint, and is pretty easily argued; it's a little more than a week for some, less than a week for others, and takes place in a period where lots of people tend to be away from electronics.)

I'm pretty sure if you'd never mentioned beta periods that spanned months, nobody would have argued against you. But you did. And unless you're saying "I just mentioned those because they exist, not because they have any relevance to my argument", I'd guess that they're the ENTIRE reason people are arguing with you.

Narc is absolutely correct: with a game that has to be on store shelves in early September (which means manufacturing needs to take up a good chunk of August), the idea that the beta could last more than a couple of weeks at this point just doesn't make sense.

You can be unhappy with that - but you will get pushback when you bring in arguments like "game X had a 3 month beta, and game Y had an 8 month beta", because these facts are irrelevant here.