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How to get a Destiny beta code, clarification for those who played Alpha

Activision clarifies beta code requirements - Alpha players not included.

GamingSinceThe80s4354d ago

All you have to do is pre order the game at Gamestop to get the beta code.Then cancel it. That's how I got my codes for Xboxone and PS4.But after playing the Alpha I will be buying it for PS4.

Neonridr4354d ago

you little trickster..

I preordered the game from EB Games (equivalent to Gamestop here in Canada). I got my beta code, but I kept my preorder. Because I am buying the game.. :P

GamingSinceThe80s4354d ago

I was not sure which system I wanted to buy it for or if I was going to buy it at all when the beta was first announced,because so little was known about the game at the time.But upon playing the alpha I'm sold.This games going to be a winner.With a lot the biggest games being pushed back to 2015 it should be this years saving grace.Halo collection,Destiny,Smash Bros U,Drive Club and I'm set for fall/winter.Not to mention all the free games to come with PS Plus and Games with gold.

madara0sama4354d ago

Me too. The alpha test sold me on the game.

ArchangelMike4354d ago (Edited 4354d ago )

Similar thing here. I got an early access Beta code as part of the PS4 launch day bundle at GAME. I never pre-ordered the game though; but once the Alpha ended, I immediately pre-ordered the game (so now I have 2 beta codes :)

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TearsOfARapper4354d ago (Edited 4354d ago )

I'm wondering if I have to download another beta once I enter my normal code because the alpha beta took forever for my to download. Hopefully I can just enter the code and use the same file for the alpha beta.

jonatan2214354d ago

I'm on the same boat, took about 40+ hrs to download the alpha for me Lol.

lobocob4354d ago

You guys might want to upgrade from 56k or stop trying to download on the same network as your torrents ;) ;) ;)

Stapleface4354d ago

That doesn't make sense at all. Most of the time with a game, if your in the Alpha, your in throughout the whole testing period.

jonatan2214354d ago

Well we never knew about the alpha until E3 while the beta was known to only be achieved thru pre-order, but the point of the alpha was to get many to buy themselves into beta.

Pretty smart if you ask me.

Stapleface4354d ago

Pretty greedy if you ask me. Played the Alpha now I have to pay $60 just to play the beta? I plan on buying the game, but not until release month, as games get delayed too often now days. This isn't Steam early access, where you get unlimited access to the beta, you get a couple days, maybe a week or two.

Ace Killa 084354d ago

You don't have to pay $60 dollars for the beta. It is $5 minimum for pre-order and then you get the code. If you like the game then its $55 plus taxes.

HOWEVER you already plan on buying the game so the beta is nothing more but an incentive for your part.

My opinion NO they are not greedy, you are not forced to do anything at all throughout this process and so really it is the same thing other companies do. Now if you pay for the beta then pay for the game totaling to $60+ dollars then it's greed. But this is not the case.

Stapleface4354d ago

I take it none of you are pc gamers that are used to playing Alphas? I have never been in a single Alpha, that I didn't get access to the beta as well. So no, this isn't the same thing all the other companies are doing. Besides Steam early access games, I have never had to buy anything to take part in an alpha or beta before. I have seen plenty of buy game "x" get into beta "X" early, but never have I seen where the beta was exclusive to people who are paying money. I understand you can just cancel your preorder, but that's not what they were thinking about when they set up the beta this way.

Ace Killa 084354d ago

steam and early acces most games rely on those sales to boost their support, of course there's the quality testing and such but it's not the same when comparing a small dev til one like bungie.

Also it's a beta it's not that big of a deal, it's not like we would benefit from it. Most characters and leaderboards never transfer over.
If I recall correctly halo 3 beta was the same, get crackdown and get beta access. Of course no one is forced to do this and can wait t the games come out.

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LAWSON724354d ago (Edited 4354d ago )

"Played the Alpha now I have to pay $60 just to play the beta?"

No a $5 Gamestop preorder or free Amazon preorder will get you a beta code.

Ace Killa 084354d ago

Question: If I have PS+ doesn't that grant me beta access on the PS4?? Or do I have to pre-order?? I'm not being a cheap bastard, I'm just assuming I'll get the code regardless.

fenome4354d ago

You only get the code if you pre-order, and you have to enter it at bungie.net.

Ace Killa 084354d ago

Well dam!

Taken from Playstation Knowledge Center - https://support.us.playstat...

"Priority Beta Invitations - You'll be the first to receive invitations on select Betas. "

I guess this is not that type of beta :(

Dspdspes4354d ago

I preordered in game months ago and got the code. Luckily i did'nt play the alpha

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Star Wars x Destiny Collaboration: Gear & Cosmetics Launching February 4th

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coolbeans481d ago (Edited 481d ago )

Fortnite-ification comes for all live-service games.

Neonridr480d ago

now this is an armor set done right.

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Xbox Passed On Destiny & Guitar Hero According To Phil Spencer

Phil Spencer talks candidly about missing out on both Destiny and Guitar Hero

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anast629d ago

He paid billions for Starfield. This should be the real story.

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Sciurus_vulgaris629d ago

Microsoft bought all of Zenimax Media for 7 billion, while Sony paid 4 billion for Bungie. I think Microsoft got the better deal due to acquiring Fallout, ElderScrolls and Doom.

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anast629d ago

This can't be true. They only bought Starfield...

InUrFoxHole629d ago

@anast
Should've thought that one out buddy, lol.

anast629d ago (Edited 629d ago )

Yeah, I thought it out. I'm not sure you did. But since we are buddy's now, you're welcome.

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anast629d ago

"Clearly your parents didn't teach you"

You know you lost, when you have to resort to this tactic.

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Profchaos629d ago

So you're saying that Microsoft has missed out on so many huge gaming franchise in the last 25 years from GTA exclusivity to guitar hero and destiny it's just laughable they had so many misses

Reaper22_629d ago

Yea, but they're still 100 times more wealthy than Sony. I would say it worked out well.

Gamingsince1981629d ago

Xbox is dead all that money doesn't help.

Hypertension140629d ago

What has work out well? It sure as hell had nothing to do with Xbox.

andy85629d ago

That isn't because of Xbox though. This is a gaming page, not an I get supplemented by father Windows page

Bathyj629d ago

Microsoft's money has nothing to do with Xbox.
Xbox is a money pit to them they would love to ditch but are after some ROI first.

Let's face it, Xbox is like a red headed stepchild that steals from you to buy drugs.

Hofstaderman629d ago (Edited 629d ago )

MIicrosoft is NOT XBOX. The current situation illustrates this. And Microsoft wants its ROI.

@Bathyj and daddy Satya has just force admitted Phil to rehab.

gold_drake629d ago

you know why MS has so much money, and it aint cause of the gaming xbox branch.

so lets not kid ourselves.

PhillyDonJawn629d ago

Xbox was shown to be more profitable than ps

jznrpg629d ago

@PhillyDownJawn not more profitable. More revenue with ABK acquisition but them going multiplat shows they are not making much profit

ocelot07629d ago

That's great for Xbox gamers ain't it that Microsoft are more wealthy than Sony. Is that really a argument use are using now lol?

Imagine me in my job. Arguing with a fellow security guard at another company. Hahah well the company I work for is worth £800m the one you work for is only work £600m!

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Knightofelemia628d ago

Microsoft may have more money but Sony has the talented studios and the games to back up those studios.

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Chevalier628d ago

Plus turning down Marvel too. Spiderman is only exclusive to Playstation because of that

Hedstrom629d ago

Best deal deal in gaming must be when Sony bought Insomniac for 229 million dollars. They made over 800 millions on Spiderman for the ps4 alone. Thats just crazy!

XBManiac629d ago

More in the 1.000 million now.

gold_drake629d ago

another Interview?

how is he the only one who loves the spotlight as much as he does lol

Futureshark629d ago

Let's not forget he also famously passed on Spider-man, Genshin Impact and GTA3.

However it's almost kind of cute how he can keep that sh1t-eating grin and say he's a 'no regrets' kind of guy, especially when you think how much just these 5 titles could have swung the world in Xbox's favour instead of Sonys.

How he's kept his job I don't know, he must sure be keeping Papa Nadella's shaft warm somehow.

"But, but Gamepass, he introduced that!!!"

Yes he did, and now look at Xbox, all it's exclusives are coming to Playstation now rendering the platform obsolete.

DarXyde629d ago

Honestly, with that kind of track record, you can't convince me Spencer hasn't eaten it from the back in the name of self preservation. Probably unwashed...and at least twice.

That aside, my interpretation of everything here is Xbox has been mismanaged a bit too much and Nadella came down from his throne. The way it is now, I don't believe for a minute the multiplatform move was Spencer's idea. I don't even think the acquisitions was Spencer's work. At this point, I reckon he's got as much power in his role as Hunter Biden at a Ukrainian energy company.

DivineHand125629d ago

You can never tell how things will turn out if he had said yes to those games. Xbox already has access to some great IPs, however, they hardly do anything with them or fail to deliver. It's also possible their presentation wasn't good at the time, and they made sure the next presentation was better.

I believe that part of being successful is releasing things in the right place at the right time.

Many major corporations have a story similar to passing on successful business ideas. Let us look at Sony Pictures for example. Back when Marvel went bankrupt, they had the opportunity to buy the entire Marvel for only $25 Million but turned them down. An unnamed big shot at Sony reportedly claimed that “nobody gives a shit about any of the other Marvel characters,”. They ended up taking Spiderman for $10 Million instead.

https://www.avclub.com/sony...

Fast forward to today, we can see what the Marvel brand has done for Disney. Is it possible the same success would have been possible had Sony acquired those IPs. We can't say that for sure and it is possible most of those IPs that are successful today may not have been used.

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