I said this elsewhere. Destiny is an Activision game, right? The best business move would be to include Beta access for all people that buy the next Call of Duty game. That benefits both games. BOOM!

Microsoft probably pushed them into betas. Or, that's what I always though. Perhaps Bungie just wants to get early glimpses to their fans?

I doubt there will be an open beta. Who knows, the beta might have already happened.

Something tells me that Bungie will not release a Public Beta for the first installment of the new IP. Halo 3 and Reach public beta input came from the lens of previous Halos. Since this is a completely new game, our input would have no focus. With the Halo betas, there was a clear goal of testing matchmaking code and mechanics on a large scale. This was feasible because the small, separate, levels of an arena shooter could be placed into a beta build. At the moment we understand that Destiny will resemble an MMOFPS which connotes large playspaces. I believe it would be a difficult task to choose playspaces to test with the public without compromising plot points. Despite this, if there is some arena shooter aspect to the game (Please be a pseudo-Star Wars Wing Game), I hope they'll test this with the public.

I really hope I get a Beta key and a lot of people post Beta that have been here for years get a key, if a beta would happen.

Yes, I believe there will be a beta, and that members from this community will be involved. As far as a time slate goes, I imagine it will be around mid summer. The beta isn't meant for the public to find bugs necessarily (they will have those weeded out, or at least mostly), it will be for multi-player data and adjustments. So pumped.

There has to be a beta.