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| I think it's a bad idea. |
  
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10-05-2010, 06:55 AM
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Same here. An interesting approach but I don't think it would work for this community.
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10-05-2010, 07:00 AM
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I thought new releases of MS operating systems were paid Beta's anyway ?
On a more serious note, I can see serious problems getting people that "paid" for "their" Beta to stick to a confidentiality agreement. It may however be workable, lets just wait and see how DCS go with it 
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10-05-2010, 07:07 AM
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I think beta as a gift for pre purchasers . good idea
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10-05-2010, 07:10 AM
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I wouldn't have a problem with a paid beta. It would give the developers much needed funds, and we would be able to fly weeks in advance. Hopefully there will be workable measures to avoid piracy as much as possible. Piracy will kill this small genre quicker than anything else.
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10-05-2010, 07:38 AM
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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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10-05-2010, 09:25 AM
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For this project i believe a closed beta would be best.
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10-08-2010, 05:15 PM
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The biggest difference with DCS which I purchased by the way is that is has a very strong DRM scheme... You have to activate it and deactivate it when you have hardware changes or you want it on a different machine.
I also think because the sim in a way is more complex modeling all the different systems of a modern plane it has more to flesh out. I could be wrong because of the volume of airplanes the weather stuff and many other things in SOW. Either way I like the approach and for a smaller team I think it's a great idea to get it out into the hands of the community. It also builds awareness and heck I support any Flight Sim at the moment. We is tiny.
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10-05-2010, 08:11 AM
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also gives fresh cash
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