Well, in theory, it's a good idea. In practice, it will cost a shit load of money and would be highly in-effecient. Even if Midway has the financial backing, who says the higher ups wouldnt want that $$$ for production filtered strictly to themsleves? Even though Midway is doing better with the sales of DA, they are still not out of the hole. I mean think about it; a few thousand copies of MK6 would cost a lot of money. And just for a beta test session? Nah.

As long as a solid group of knowledgeable, hardcore, and open minded testers are used in the testing proccess then there really shouldn't be a problem. It's not like a pc where you can produce a half assed, glitchy game then just release patches. It's not like the arcade, either; where the production and distribution of PCBs is only a fraction of what it would be for world wide console distribution to stores.

Saty knows what's up!

I'm not sure what Midway's future plans will be for post-work on MK6, but they usually have an extensive quality assurance team and I know they have focus groups for some (not sure if all) titles.