Indeed.

That said, if you spent a certain amount of money in PoE1 over its entire lifetime, you dont have to pay which is nice.

Specially since both are f2p as well. So everyone can be included if you dont want to spend a dime.

The more hilarious part to me is having pay2beta in a fully priced game.

What was it, $100 for d4? Gotta buy the base game + beta access when it came out?

The long-awaited sequel will start as a paid early access game until it eventually transitions to the same free-to-play model as the original.