Yea, if a dev is worried about a demo, I'm worried about the game.
As for the beta thing. It's their own damn fault for treating it like it's some sort of prize. If someone gets a beta and it's treated like an early release rather than an unfinished product "we need your help with," there's going to be some people who just think the game is going to be crappy.
Back when people got paid for beta testing, they understood that they were doing a job and understood that this was in no way the finished product.
Last time I got "invited to a beta" they didn't even give me any way of giving any input at all. It was basically treated as a demo.
Of course people are going to get the wrong idea.
Filed under - Publishers can be a real bunch of dumbasses sometimes.
As for the beta thing. It's their own damn fault for treating it like it's some sort of prize. If someone gets a beta and it's treated like an early release rather than an unfinished product "we need your help with," there's going to be some people who just think the game is going to be crappy.
Back when people got paid for beta testing, they understood that they were doing a job and understood that this was in no way the finished product.
Last time I got "invited to a beta" they didn't even give me any way of giving any input at all. It was basically treated as a demo.
Of course people are going to get the wrong idea.
Filed under - Publishers can be a real bunch of dumbasses sometimes.