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Ubisoft cancels pre-order Beta Anno 2205
Ubisoft slash dev Blue Byte decided to cancel the Anno 2205 pre-order beta. Instead the people who purchased the pre-order will receive an exclusive vehicle and social emblem when the game is released November 3rd.
In a post on the German Ubisoft forums, the publisher announced the cancellation of the closed beta, access to which was included with pre-orders made over the last few weeks. No explanation was given for the cancellation, but the planned November 3 release date has not been altered at this stage, Ubisoft said.
Dear Anno players and fans,
As you may know, Anno 2205 will be playable for the first time by fans at Gamescom next week. We are indeed very excited to put the game in the players’ hands and we will look forward to receiving feedback at this occasion. However, we won’t be able to hold the previously announced closed beta. Still, we can’t wait to take you to the moon on November 3rd.
As a reward for your engagement, and because we want to thank our most loyal players, the development team is making sure to provide an in-game bonus for those of you who have or will pre-order the game before release. More details will be revealed in the coming weeks, but here’s a preview of this unlockable item.
For those of you who pre-ordered Anno 2205 in store, you will get this exclusive Command Ship and also an exclusive Corporation Emblem with the provided code.
If you pre-ordered the game digitally, you will receive it shortly before release from our digital partners.
We are looking forward to delivering Anno 2205, which represents for us a key evolution of the Anno franchise.
Best,
The Anno 2205 team
Anno 2205 is the sixth game in the series and set further into the future of any before it – in case the title didn’t give that away. It will be playable at gamescom 2015 this week.
Seriously, people should stop pre-ordering games for these betas. The devs get tons of money and cashflow for an unfinished game and meanwhile you get a free vehicle to use in the final game, sheesh.
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#5134878 Posted on: 08/03/2015 10:06 AM
i think after unity and arkham knight gamers are more wary about pre-orders and i think it will make pc games much better in the long run because the developers will have to release games that are actually finished so customers will buy them, instead of relese unfinished games because they already had the money from the pre orders
i think after unity and arkham knight gamers are more wary about pre-orders and i think it will make pc games much better in the long run because the developers will have to release games that are actually finished so customers will buy them, instead of relese unfinished games because they already had the money from the pre orders
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#5135058 Posted on: 08/03/2015 04:03 PM
Ubisoft....
Why is Ubisoft so backwards on their software development life cycle? A closed beta is exactly what a game like this needs for a successful launch. Anno has quite the following and I am sure there are more than a few diehard fans that would love to test their game for free.
@Ubisoft, get with the times. Fix your development testing requirements (QA), and fix your post release support; both are horrible.
Ubisoft....
Why is Ubisoft so backwards on their software development life cycle? A closed beta is exactly what a game like this needs for a successful launch. Anno has quite the following and I am sure there are more than a few diehard fans that would love to test their game for free.
@Ubisoft, get with the times. Fix your development testing requirements (QA), and fix your post release support; both are horrible.
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#5135113 Posted on: 08/03/2015 05:05 PM
except that closed beta used to be handed to a select number of users for free (+NDA) and now they want your money to beta test and most likely don't even care about your input until bad rep or money back requests start to flow in.
except that closed beta used to be handed to a select number of users for free (+NDA) and now they want your money to beta test and most likely don't even care about your input until bad rep or money back requests start to flow in.
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#5135159 Posted on: 08/03/2015 06:57 PM
Closed betas usually still are. The one that I participated in somewhat recently was Elder Scrolls Online. It was announced at E3(?) to have its beta exclusively for PS4 owners. Yet, I was in the closed beta about a month after that announcement on PC before it was on any other platforms.
It was a "true" beta experience, where hardly anything is in or tuned. Not the "week before launch beta" that we see often now.
except that closed beta used to be handed to a select number of users for free (+NDA) and now they want your money to beta test and most likely don't even care about your input until bad rep or money back requests start to flow in.
Closed betas usually still are. The one that I participated in somewhat recently was Elder Scrolls Online. It was announced at E3(?) to have its beta exclusively for PS4 owners. Yet, I was in the closed beta about a month after that announcement on PC before it was on any other platforms.
It was a "true" beta experience, where hardly anything is in or tuned. Not the "week before launch beta" that we see often now.
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#5135181 Posted on: 08/03/2015 07:38 PM
Sure, closed betas still exist but less so than payed beta and early alpha access things that are for sale... :/
Sure, closed betas still exist but less so than payed beta and early alpha access things that are for sale... :/
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#5135200 Posted on: 08/03/2015 08:01 PM
I hate this.
Guild Wars 2 just had a closed BETA for its upcoming expansion. Only people invited were the prepurchase players.
Not even considering how useless prepurchasing unlimited digitally distributed software is.
except that closed beta used to be handed to a select number of users for free (+NDA) and now they want your money to beta test and most likely don't even care about your input until bad rep or money back requests start to flow in.
I hate this.
Guild Wars 2 just had a closed BETA for its upcoming expansion. Only people invited were the prepurchase players.
Not even considering how useless prepurchasing unlimited digitally distributed software is.
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#5135258 Posted on: 08/03/2015 09:33 PM
Why is Ubisoft so backwards on their software development life cycle? A closed beta is exactly what a game like this needs for a successful launch. Anno has quite the following and I am sure there are more than a few diehard fans that would love to test their game for free.
@Ubisoft, get with the times. Fix your development testing requirements (QA), and fix your post release support; both are horrible.
Who wants to do betas when people won't treat them like betas and cancel their pre-order due to their dislike of a beta?
Seriously, this is a valid question. I'm not surprised and won't be surprised at all if companies start doing less and less betas for fear of people canceling their pre-orders because of a BETA.
Why is Ubisoft so backwards on their software development life cycle? A closed beta is exactly what a game like this needs for a successful launch. Anno has quite the following and I am sure there are more than a few diehard fans that would love to test their game for free.
@Ubisoft, get with the times. Fix your development testing requirements (QA), and fix your post release support; both are horrible.
Who wants to do betas when people won't treat them like betas and cancel their pre-order due to their dislike of a beta?
Seriously, this is a valid question. I'm not surprised and won't be surprised at all if companies start doing less and less betas for fear of people canceling their pre-orders because of a BETA.
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#5135262 Posted on: 08/03/2015 09:40 PM
there should be no payment involved in beta testing...that's the whole point. They should be the ones paying beta testers or just select from pool of people that applied to test specific parts of the game and give feedback and report bugs etc. It's a job after all.
It's like I said earlier: closed beta testing, selected users (selection based on what developers want to test) + NDA
This is actually how this worked 10 years ago and still works but very few companies do it. Nowdays they prefer to hire internal testers. But they pay them, because, like I said, it's a job
there should be no payment involved in beta testing...that's the whole point. They should be the ones paying beta testers or just select from pool of people that applied to test specific parts of the game and give feedback and report bugs etc. It's a job after all.
It's like I said earlier: closed beta testing, selected users (selection based on what developers want to test) + NDA
This is actually how this worked 10 years ago and still works but very few companies do it. Nowdays they prefer to hire internal testers. But they pay them, because, like I said, it's a job
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#5135295 Posted on: 08/03/2015 10:12 PM
there should be no payment involved in beta testing...that's the whole point. They should be the ones paying beta testers or just select from pool of people that applied to test specific parts of the game and give feedback and report bugs etc. It's a job after all.
It's like I said earlier: closed beta testing, selected users (selection based on what developers want to test) + NDA
This is actually how this worked 10 years ago and still works but very few companies do it. Nowdays they prefer to hire internal testers. But they pay them, because, like I said, it's a job
There is not payment in regards to beta testing. There's payment for the game, of which as a bonus you have access to beta testing. No one "pays" to beta test.
there should be no payment involved in beta testing...that's the whole point. They should be the ones paying beta testers or just select from pool of people that applied to test specific parts of the game and give feedback and report bugs etc. It's a job after all.
It's like I said earlier: closed beta testing, selected users (selection based on what developers want to test) + NDA
This is actually how this worked 10 years ago and still works but very few companies do it. Nowdays they prefer to hire internal testers. But they pay them, because, like I said, it's a job
There is not payment in regards to beta testing. There's payment for the game, of which as a bonus you have access to beta testing. No one "pays" to beta test.
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#5135333 Posted on: 08/03/2015 11:00 PM
You realize that's just a spin that companies make, right?
That is exactly what leads to canceling pre-orders and it's their own fault. I don't mind. It's kinda 'try-before-buy' but that wont last for long I imagine.
Also, in the case of this particular preorder, if I understand correctly, ubisoft took people's money, people will not receive the game but some junk instead. I hope I am reading that wrong. If not, that's bait and switch.
You realize that's just a spin that companies make, right?
That is exactly what leads to canceling pre-orders and it's their own fault. I don't mind. It's kinda 'try-before-buy' but that wont last for long I imagine.
Also, in the case of this particular preorder, if I understand correctly, ubisoft took people's money, people will not receive the game but some junk instead. I hope I am reading that wrong. If not, that's bait and switch.
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#5135455 Posted on: 08/04/2015 05:56 AM
Didnt Hilbert have major problems with the last Anno? Something to so with activations being tied to gpus or something, thus making gpu benchmarking a painful process.
I think that benchmark and the problems HH experienced even went out onto some major websites. That was one of my favorite things that happened that day (second only to the the upside down M i found in my alphabetty spaghetti).
Didnt Hilbert have major problems with the last Anno? Something to so with activations being tied to gpus or something, thus making gpu benchmarking a painful process.
I think that benchmark and the problems HH experienced even went out onto some major websites. That was one of my favorite things that happened that day (second only to the the upside down M i found in my alphabetty spaghetti).
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#5135978 Posted on: 08/04/2015 10:11 PM
You realize that's just a spin that companies make, right?
That is exactly what leads to canceling pre-orders and it's their own fault. I don't mind. It's kinda 'try-before-buy' but that wont last for long I imagine.
Also, in the case of this particular preorder, if I understand correctly, ubisoft took people's money, people will not receive the game but some junk instead. I hope I am reading that wrong. If not, that's bait and switch.
So are you saying that it's a "spin" that people who pre-order a game and get DLC/Expansion packs for free or etc. that they paid for those DLC/Expansion packs?
Again, no one pays for beta.
You realize that's just a spin that companies make, right?
That is exactly what leads to canceling pre-orders and it's their own fault. I don't mind. It's kinda 'try-before-buy' but that wont last for long I imagine.
Also, in the case of this particular preorder, if I understand correctly, ubisoft took people's money, people will not receive the game but some junk instead. I hope I am reading that wrong. If not, that's bait and switch.
So are you saying that it's a "spin" that people who pre-order a game and get DLC/Expansion packs for free or etc. that they paid for those DLC/Expansion packs?
Again, no one pays for beta.
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#5136001 Posted on: 08/04/2015 10:44 PM
I could give you number of examples beside the obvious ones, but for instance GGG (path of exile) gives people the option to pay for beta testing.
...just...forget it. If you can't see the spin, I have nothing else to add. Or maybe I do, how about "early access"? What is that? You are paying for what? Yes, you will be alpha and beta testing and you are paying for it (if you bite the hook).
Didnt Hilbert have major problems with the last Anno? Something to so with activations being tied to gpus or something, thus making gpu benchmarking a painful process.
I think that benchmark and the problems HH experienced even went out onto some major websites. That was one of my favorite things that happened that day (second only to the the upside down M i found in my alphabetty spaghetti).
Yes he did. Each copy of Anno had a limited number of activations based on HW id. So when he changed the GPU, HW id changes and after 5 cards he had to purchase a new copy. I don't know if he did, I think he made a complaint and they gave him a bunch of keys or something like that.
I could give you number of examples beside the obvious ones, but for instance GGG (path of exile) gives people the option to pay for beta testing.
...just...forget it. If you can't see the spin, I have nothing else to add. Or maybe I do, how about "early access"? What is that? You are paying for what? Yes, you will be alpha and beta testing and you are paying for it (if you bite the hook).
Didnt Hilbert have major problems with the last Anno? Something to so with activations being tied to gpus or something, thus making gpu benchmarking a painful process.
I think that benchmark and the problems HH experienced even went out onto some major websites. That was one of my favorite things that happened that day (second only to the the upside down M i found in my alphabetty spaghetti).
Yes he did. Each copy of Anno had a limited number of activations based on HW id. So when he changed the GPU, HW id changes and after 5 cards he had to purchase a new copy. I don't know if he did, I think he made a complaint and they gave him a bunch of keys or something like that.
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"social emblem and exclusive vehice."
thats a sad reality