Article: To Demo or Not to Demo, That is the Question

**Alundil** · 02-28-13, 01:42 PM

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**SovietDooM** · 02-28-13, 02:05 PM

And to you sir, I present A:CM. Where the Demo pwnt the Game.
Check and king me.

The fact that many games are now released in unfinished states is even more reason, for a consumer, to want some verifiable (as tangible as a digital product can offer) proof of quality and general salable state.

Science, how sad is it that this is a FACT.... we gamers are like cult members, letting DEVs get away with this.

**Cojiro** · 02-28-13, 02:19 PM

A;CM was some sort of magical oddity.

**Tenrou** · 03-03-13, 09:25 PM

The demo in alien colonial marines was never playable. Thus it does not fall into the demo realm. It for all intensive purposes was a trailer for the game. They were told to make it look cool so that's what they did. So even though was in game footage no one actually got to play it.

**Alundil** · 03-03-13, 09:38 PM

Intents and purposes

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**jakt** · 03-08-13, 03:13 PM

I believe the recent MoH demo ruined sales for the game. It's the reason why I didn't buy it.

Oh...you can return console games (within a certain time limit), if you hate it.

**Alundil** · 03-08-13, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by jakt

I believe the recent MoH demo ruined sales for the game. It's the reason why I didn't buy it.

Oh...you can return console games (within a certain time limit), if you hate it.

So the demo saved you money and headache and buyer's remorse. Working to your advantage it would seem.

Devs releasing crap games shouldn't be able to shaft people out of money (see ACM and the newest Sims game as examples).

The no demo trend + over hyped trailer is their concerted and intentional attempt to trick people into buying shit.

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