Seriously though,
I'm surprised they think it's so buggy this late in development that they can't risk starting the large closed beta. Yet, they allow the press to play it, and they seem to want really good ratings, so it can't be all that bad. Sort of odd reasoning there, but they know better than anybody what is best for their game of course. I'm also a little surprised the final phase of beta was originally going to start so late, I was expecting this week or next week, not a few days to a week before release. I'd say one week would really have been an EA style 'beta/demo' that people were worried about, since that would have been leaving it impossibly late to fix anything important. In any event, I'm willing to wait if it helps the game.