If there was another way of obtaining the beta, other than purchasing the DDE, than what was the point of all of us paying extra for the DDE for beta access when a bunch of people suddenly get free access simply because they couldn't shell out an extra 7-10 bucks?
If that happened, I'd see it as a little unfair and feel a little ripped off.
Still not much of a big deal and I'd certainly get over it, since I got other things with the DE besides just the beta, but if you didn't purchase the DE, than you're out of luck imo.
I could understand Trip giving a small handfull of people Beta access from some competition or if it was some dying child from the Make a Wish Foundation, but anything else, and you'd have all those who are screaming bloody murder wanting the beta released two weeks ago, suddenly grabbing their torches and pitchforks and bombarding the forums with threads of rage.
Yeah it was around $35 for me due to having RO1 already, but here in Australia, Steam gave me a pop up for CoD a few days ago showing the price as $99.99..... nothing else included, a hundred bucks just for the game.
Screw that.
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Not sure why there is overlapping text on the store page though