FF13 NA Demo = NO, due Xbox version, releasing in Europe before winter 2010

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Jo21 said:

GooseGaws said:

Jo21 said:

twesterm said:

BMaker11 said:

twesterm said:
Why are people blaming Microsoft?

They don't plan on releasing a demo for the West because of poor planning, not because of Microsoft.

If M$ wasn't in the picture, a demo would be in the West, because they wouldn't have to worry about "partly because we are going to carry on with the project alongside the Xbox version, so we really can't just make it available only for the PS3."

That's just as stupid as saying if I got in a wreck at a stoplight because it turned yellow and I slowed down but the person behind me sped up it's the stop lights fault.

There is not a demo in the West because they either just didn't allot for the time or something more important came up.

they have it for the ps3, they can release it now if they want, but they won't because it will be unfair for 360 owners...

Because there's no localization necessary for a Japanese-language demo?

But seriously, demos are supposed to be free.  I'm sure they're not releasing it because they can't sucker as many people into paying ridiculous amounts for a demo as they can in Japan.

Remember when the FFXII demo was a free bonus with DQVIII?  A free bonus?

Although, Konami did charge $50 for the MGS2 demo, only including a bonus copy of Zone of the Enders to soften the blow.

the voice recordings are already going in. for 2 hours demo they could have get it done, even so tranlated menus would have been enough it's a demo, japanese ps3 demo let you choose the japanese voice act with english subs as namco bandai naruto ninja storm.

and if they didn't had time was to make a 360 version , they JUST started making the port, if a 360 version existed they would have it released like the said they would.

so if no 360 port existed they would have been able to bundle the demo since no other console to be "unfair" to.

sony have nothing to do with the development of it,  u can blame sony for their first party delays but FF is third party.

You're missing my point.  It's worthwhile for them to release the demo in Japan, because they can get away with charging an arm and a leg for it.  This isn't so easy to pull off in North America, where people are used to getting demos for free.

Plus, the game won't be out for more than a year yet (outside of Japan).  How do you know they won't issue the demo closer to the actual release of the game itself?

They didn't say "there will never be a demo outside of Japan."  They said there won't be a demo right now.  And really, is that such a big deal?  Are people so desperate to pay more than the price of a full retail game just to play a demo of a game that's more than a year away?