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Re:Ask HN: Why didn’t Cyberpunk do a beta program and avoid ... by smt88 on Sunday December 20, 2020 @01:11AM (#25484280)
I suspect it's because they straight-up lied about major features in the game.

Bugs are fixable, but there are major concepts that they advertised (and even showed in demos) that aren't even close to being done.

Even without any bugs, they might've still been sued for misrepresenting the product.

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Re:Ask HN: Why didn’t Cyberpunk do a beta program and avoid ... by ffpip on Sunday December 20, 2020 @04:19AM (#25484998)
Wouldn't the game leak then? Pretty sure such a popular game had internet betas
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Re:Ask HN: Why didn’t Cyberpunk do a beta program and avoid ... by Aeronwen on Sunday December 20, 2020 @05:00AM (#25485133)
Wasn't most of the main story leaked already?

I figured I must have seen it and forgotten about it, because I've never felt so much deja vu while playing a game before.

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Re:Ask HN: Why didn’t Cyberpunk do a beta program and avoid ... by cable2600 on Sunday December 20, 2020 @01:54AM (#25484478)
Because Betas are embarrassing to management. They want a full game and skip the beta and let the first users beta test the commercial release.
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Re:Ask HN: Why didn’t Cyberpunk do a beta program and avoid ... by Matthias247 on Sunday December 20, 2020 @02:38AM (#25484634)
Do you mean an open beta? Pretty sure they had an internal beta, since those are pretty much part of the standard QA workflow.
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Re:Ask HN: Why didn’t Cyberpunk do a beta program and avoid ... by YaBa on Sunday December 20, 2020 @07:11PM (#25490847)
bold of you to assume they have QA.
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Re:Ask HN: Why didn’t Cyberpunk do a beta program and avoid ... by seddin on Sunday December 20, 2020 @06:17AM (#25485478)
it could be a marketing tactic, look at how everyone is talking about it
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