It might be too early to know if and when close betas and open betas will begin. As a speculation, I personally am anticipating on it. As a reminder, if you would like to be considered for betas, be sure to specify so in your Blizzard Account preferences here:
https://us.battle.net/account/management/beta-profile.html
Unfortunately, this is still very unlikely to happen. Jeff Kaplan explains why here:
We would really love to be able to host a PTR on console. Unfortunately, it’s very logistically challenging for us. Keeping PC/Console patches in synch is a big logistical challenge and the PC PTR actually makes that possible for us (during PC PTR our builds are undergoing certification processes with Microsoft and Sony).
In order for us to enable PTR for console, the end result would most likely be a delay in the release of all content by 1-2 weeks.
We talk about PTR on console often and we revisit the concept every few months to see if anything has changed. We never consider it a closed-door conversation. But under current circumstances, a console PTR cycle is unlikely at this time.
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