and with an equal level of disrespect, i disagree. you obviously do not understand supply and demand. without the demand, they are simply some guys sitting in a basement working 9-5’s using their extra money to buy software/hardware to make little games for themselves. the consumers, and more specifically the consumer’s money, have enabled gearbox to even be able to be misleading, and/or vague about release dates. they never even gave us a straight up answer as to how many betas there would be following the ctt.
it isn’t hard to be transparent while simultaneously being forthcoming and imprecise. i would have a lot more respect for something along the lines of, “hey, guys, we are going to launch one beta if xyz happens, and we have no clue when that will be. we will have two if xyzzz happens, but we will see. we want to see what happens with overwatch, the division, etc. before we make anything concrete…” this would be way more respectable.
now we can debate what the fan base is “owed” til we are blue in the face, but that won’t go anywhere. i personally believe that if i support a franchise/company for the entire lifetimes of my gaming career, a great deal of transparency is in order. i only ask for it because i am transparent with everyone in my own life.
