A broad beta such as DCS does is only useful if you want to test a program on a very wide range of systems. This means the program itself has to be fleshed out and that beta part is only meant to ensure there are no nasty surprises WRT exotic hardware configurations lurking in the shadows.
For a team such as Maddox Games such an approach doesn't make sense for they never follow traditional western standards for software project management and they're a rather small team for an ambitious project. To me it's a bad idea for SoW while it may not be a bad one for other titles.
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