You don't put an open beta out when a game like this is in it's current state. Because Open beta is the last phase before a release and to be honest if we don't get a much better build soon you better believe the new comers will trash this game more than I have. This is why I say Dust should've been a PC game or CCP should've put more care in the FPS side of this game everything feels rushed.

Dust is great on paper sounds like an awesome game but that's about it.

There is no material for the open beta to test yet. Most ppl believe that Dust is a sub-par FPS but what saves it is that it's supposed to be an immersive MMO with politics and metagame and elements of territorial control. Those latter parts is what has drawn ppl to the game but guess what. They dont exist. All we have is a handful of small maps and a few **** corps that enjoy deploying into a pub ambush game. CCP have been talking about MMO things with hunderds/thousands of randomly generated maps on different planets to gain control of for years but as of yet there is no sign of any of this.

Speaking from a commercial angle, consoles are a highly commercial media. Console players expect finished products on release. This mentality is hugely different from the world of PC gaming where ppl often gravitate to the DIY and indie projects that sometimes undergo long years of evolution after release. When people say things like "hey look: EvE itself is just a beta that has been going for 10 years" I believe this irritates most console players to no end. As a console player I dont understand the concept of a game that's a never-ending beta where no one has any thought of what a finished product is supposed to be. I am not even talking about the idea of charging ppl money for this experience.

Summary: the game is not ready for public beta mostly because of a lack of content and not so much because of the current technical bugs. I predict that this 'beta/release' idea will be a disappointment for all involved parties.