You are NOT paying to play the beta, you are paying for a *pre-order* of
the games and the beta testing is an option for those of us who would
like to participate - it is basically a closed beta for the ones that
have bought the orange box. If you want to, you can of course wait till
the game is fully released and pick up a copy then, no one is forcing
you to pre-order and/or play the beta. Heck, there might be guest passes
available for TF2 at the point of release too, meaning you can get to
try the game if one of your friends are kind enough to give you a pass.
Either way, I can't really see why you should have any reason to moan.
Personally I am confident I will like the game, and I see no problems
what so ever in spending $45'ish for the orange box pre-order. If you
are not, simply don't! ;)
- TeX.
Rob Poe wrote:
Joey wrote:
Cool i dont mind paying $30.00 dollaars for something i would use
beats &0
or 80 bucks for a bunch of games which i really have no interest for.
Thanx
for the info.
But ...
(1) If it's a BETA, then why are we asked to PAY for the privilege of
testing it (orange box benefit)
(2) When is the "free week" demo? Or free weekend. Hell, we've only
been waiting, what? 7 years?
I'm not sure I'm going to like the game, but how do I know without
sacrificing $30 to find out...
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