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When computer programs, equipment or other projects take too long to complete, sometimes they get rushed out early. This often results in an [[Obvious Beta]] of which [[What Could Have Been|we'll never see the finished version]], but when the program is good enough to stand on its own two feet despite all the bugs and unfinished features, the programmers may be able to [[
But sometimes it doesn't stick, and the result has the users feeling like they're participating in (and paying for) one big beta test that never seems to end. Often by the time it feels finished, they'll have a sequel out, [[Here We Go Again|and it starts all over again]]...
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* Many players cannot ever foresee Notch, the creator of ''[[Minecraft (Video Game)|Minecraft]]'', ever letting his creation be truly "finished", even after the game [https://twitter.com/#!/notch/statuses/136078211284090881 went gold].
** Notch he has stated that he wants to include a variety of base features, then release a finished game and essentially turn it over to the modding community. With Mojang announcing their next game, Scrolls, and ''Minecraft'' quickly reaching beta 2.0 status, some fans have speculated that this will happen sooner rather than later.
** Minecraft left Beta and went into its first "finished" version on November 18th, 2011, and it is ''still'' getting updates. Since the full release we have gotten Jungles, ocelots and cats, a new AI system with loads of new behaviors,[[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|creepers being afraid of cats]], a new type of golem, new blocks and items, upside down stairs and slabs and even a doubled build height and the ability to have ''thousands'' of different block and item types from mods. Mojang is gearing up to make life easier for modders and players who use mods.
** And the game is even buggier than before.
* Not only do nearly all [[MMORPG]] titles release patches, but also new areas and quests.
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