Board Thread:Ace Combat 7/@comment-1824272-20160307171051/@comment-25467429-20160405163400

^ That's what I was trying to get at too. Again, assuming they are fully serious about a release by the end of the year, a beta would basiscally have to be going right now. Knowing they're not that close to finishing the game, there isn't an way the culd think to even launch a beta anytime soon. Further, the number one thing they'd want to get feedback on, the VR components, wouldn't be open to testing by the public until after PSVR actually launches. There's no question of the PSVR launch date - that's October. Lastly, it's questionable if you want to rely on a public beta for this game anyway, knowing you might have an overly limited pool of people who have interest in teh game enough to beta test it, and are one of the first out of the gate to pick up the PSVR.

A beta, however, could relatively easily be in place even at the very same time they launch the game, if as a player trying it out is important to you. I wouldn't say there's a good chance for either a beta or a demon based solely on the history of the franchise - their history with both is too limited. But since the question was bought up, if you had a bet to make between a beta and a demo, demo makes more sense given what little we know.