I understand very much so why the game has been delayed. The guys have been working on this game for years, and they (and I'm sure most of us aswell) want it to be perfect on release, no hanging around for patches to fix crashes and glitches in the game etc.
But I'm just a bit confused about the press being the first ones into the Beta - it just doesn't make sense to me. Surely the mass should go in first, find any major bugs or glitches, so that TWI can maybe sort them out before letting the press come in, and them getting a bad view of the game, just seems like this, combined with the release date clashing with the Battlefield 3 beta (I'll not be playing myself but I'm just one guy xD) may harm them a little bit.
However I understand the benefits of the release/beta pushbacks, delaying the game obviously gives them more time to sort the last few things out, and letting the press into the beta now will hopefully get them some nice previews to boost sales and what not.
Ultimatly, there's pros and obviously some cons to pushing back the release, the cons being - as I'm sure you've all seen - a lotta angry members of the community (I gotta add, was quite bad reading some of the posts, people need a little more patience!) - I have faith in TWI that we'll all get into Beta either the first week of September, or the last of August - heck, maybe sooner! Maybe they'll let us go play with the press players - that way they'd get to see what the game will be like with an actual player base doing what we do best!
At the same time, I worry, I've had several experiences with games being pushed back, to be "Polished" and "Tweaked" so that the final product is "better for everyone" - and then when release has come, it's still been fairly buggy - but in honesty, those experiences have been few and far between.
But guys, just calm down, for me personally, I'm just bashing Red Orchestra right now, honing my skills a little more to try and give myself that edge.
See you all on the battlefield.
