Tales from the longest beta in console history.
by Colin Moriarty
The PC ecosystem is different from the console space. Depending on the audience, expectations are far different. For instance, the PC audience may expect higher graphical fidelity, access to a wider library of games (via services like Steam) and games with a far longer tail, like MMOs. Console gamers, on the other hand, are used to more instant gratification. While betas for games like Minecraft went on seemingly forever on PC, “betas” on consoles more often than not mean glorified online demos.
And this is precisely where questions swirling around CCP’s free-to-play PlayStation 3 shooter Dust 514 come in.
