• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    1 month ago

    They can claim whatever they want. But if it’s publicly available then it’s a beta regardless of what arbitrary name they give it.

    If it was alpha it should be free.

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      1 month ago

      The industry definitions of alpha/beta disagree with you.

      Words have meaning and you’re using them wrong.

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        1 month ago

        You are correct words do have a meaning. A weird thing for you to bring up since you’re the one incorrectly applying labels here.

        Alpha products are available only for internal review, they are not available for public release they are not intended to be viewed by the general populace.

        If you’re charging people money for it then it can’t be an alpha because now it’s an external product not an internal sample.

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        1 month ago

        It’s been in development hell for over 10 years it’s not going anywhere slowly. They barely even have a product.

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            1 month ago

            Okay whatever you need to say to justify it to yourself.

            This game came out before I went into university I’ve now graduated and could have completed a doctorate and it still wouldn’t have been in beta yet. Is the development studio near black hole or something what’s going on here.