Since I’m a WoW addict, naturally I’m a Blizzard fan, of sorts. But my mind is blown every time I see anything from Call of Duty on the launcher. I’ve been really out of the loop, and recently saw this… and I’m shocked. You have to BUY the game for “open beta access”, like how does that make any sense? Also, the general look of the game and its marketing now looks like a $5 ripoff FPS game on Steam… What the heck happened?
People buy this shit so they make more. Simple as that.
Blah blah blah, supply and demand.
I swear the less A’ a game has in the context of “AAAA”, “AAA”, etc, the better it is.
In recent years I’ve found more niche or mid sized studios have my interest at heart. The more A’s a game claims to have, the more bullshit predatory crap it has, micro transactions, etc.
Honestly the skins look better than the shit I saw in the last one like Niki Minaj and shit. I still wouldn’t buy any of them though.
Edit: as for paying for any kind of beta is dumb
You have to BUY the game for “open beta access”, like how does that make any sense?
Whole industry has been that way for a long time. Gives them an excuse to ship broken games so when people complain they can say “its a Beta!”.
I’ve seen games stay in “open Beta” for years (looking at you GTFO).
Thats not what’s going on here. CoD has for the past few releases run an open beta for 2 to 3 weeks, a month or two ahead of release. Buying this package lets you into that 2-3 week beta a week early, letting you get 3-4 weeks of playtime. You can still get into this beta for completely free, just wait a week and don’t buy the game.
Not trying to defend Activision here, cause I still think CoD is a shadow of its former self and these “betas” are nothing more than a demo, but people seem to have the wrong idea about how Activision runs them.
To be fair, you don’t HAVE to buy it to access the beta as it’s open to everyone next weekend.
But yes, betas are now “glorified demos” and have been for a fair few years.
I haven’t looked into the beta itself. This particular ad seems to say you can use the exclusive items from the pack in the beta.
Edit: I just googled it. There is an early access beta but there is also an open beta.
But really the answer to “why is it like this?” Is “because money.”
