Plenty of games are like this. Gmail was invite only when it first launched.
Yep, gmail started this.
The only reason it's done is to create a buzz and use artificial scarcity to get people to talk about it and want it more. It works extremely well to that end if the product is actually good.
Yeah because they launch on a shoestring and a free-tier Azure VM and they need a little revenue before they can pay for a real server.
...and if this is the case with TS, I end up at the same conclusions
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