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This article was published by Kyle Patrick (@SlipZtrEm) on October 12th, 2017 in the Gran Turismo Sport category.
"We weren't expecting x to be so popular!"
Ah, the eternal problem with online games, or online anything.
"We weren't expecting x to be so popular!"
vs:
"We were trying to save money on server costs so we bought the least amount possible and hoped for the best"
Well, i hope there won't be too much issues when the game launches. They had a huge closed beta. An open beta could have been useful. But, oh well. We will see how this will turn out. I will get the game a bit later this time, maybe 2 weeks after launch.
It's Gran Turismo and it's free and includes cars and game progress - for free. Frankly 1 million is much lower than I would have predicted.He wasn't expecting over 1 million people to be playing the open beta he said in another tweet
I think he underestimates just how popular Gran Turismo is
Except its not been clearly labeled as a demo.I don't get why there's surprise that there are things not 100% with the game. It's clearly labeled as a beta, therefore you should expect that something may or may not go wrong, really.
It's Gran Turismo and it's free and includes cars and game progress - for free. Frankly 1 million is much lower than I would have predicted.
Except its not been clearly labeled as a demo.
The European Playstation blog presents it as a demo, as did the press release, not using the word beta once.
https://blog.eu.playstation.com/201...t-limited-time-demo-goes-live-on-9th-october/
The same for its description in the store
In fact the word beta doesn't come into it until you have downloaded it, as such it wasn't clearly labeled as a beta.
The actual beta by contrast was very clearly described as a beta at every stage.
Demo disclaimers are nothing new, but it hasn't been presented as a server-side beta at all, but a demo.That's all well and good, but it does say there could be issues on the demo wording within the PS Store (https://store.playstation.com/#!/en...demo/cid=EP9001-CUSA10194_00-GTSPORTBETA20001). You're right though, looking at the store they reference to it as a demo, but on load it's using the Beta symbol.
Why should it be a "Beta" ?
I mean the release date is just a few days away......
So the actual version should be very final if you ask me....
My download had a weird looking B with a curved tail the whole time in the picture.Except its not been clearly labeled as a demo.
The European Playstation blog presents it as a demo, as did the press release, not using the word beta once.
https://blog.eu.playstation.com/201...t-limited-time-demo-goes-live-on-9th-october/
The same for its description in the store
In fact the word beta doesn't come into it until you have downloaded it, as such it wasn't clearly labeled as a beta.
The actual beta by contrast was very clearly described as a beta at every stage.
Which you don't see until you have downloaded it. Prior to download nothing says it's a beta, hence my point that it wasn't presented as just a beta, but rather as a demo.My download had a weird looking B with a curved tail the whole time in the picture.
Doesn't that mean Beta?