Profile of genai

dota2 never went open beta, since its still invite only... and that is by definition a closed beta...
also sc2 had NDA only in alpha, same with D3... the second game goes closed beta, no NDA and streams alone build hype through the roof... as people are watching and thinking "i want to play it so bad" and preorder it to get in beta and everything...

many more would preorder if they could see what they are getting, and by the time NDA is taken down, with 1 screenshot per month and no info given out, people will more likely forget about it and move to something else (atleast potential new coh player) by then than go on and preorder it

i respect NDA and all that and im not the one who would ever break it, but more often than not NDA is doing much more damage than any leaked footage could... and thats why i dont like it
for example, i know around 10 people who forgot about coh2 until i stumbled on alpha vid and now its like "wow, wish it would come out sooner" and checking all coh sites 10 times a day in hope of stumbling upon some more info or some more vids...