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[DélioPT]

Einsam_Delphin said:

DélioPT said:

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Don`t think i have ever played an earky demo or know anyone who has.
True, but in terms of a potential gamer, if the demo unimpresses right away then the damage is done. Imagine that the final game could be more impressive.
When companies put out a product they try to show the best side of it because if that doesn`t sell nothing will. But at least you tried your best.

One example comes to mind.
Remember the early demo of Wave Race 64? Look how the final game turned out: everything seemed to be and play different.
If the average gamer played it they could look at the final game and say: "oh, they this and that", yet they could end up feeling that the same experiment would still be there.

Ah, so you're just speculating like me. :P

We really don't know how people will react since nothing of this scale has been done before, but I think it's safe to say the immediate feed back will be very positive. By the time the games come out, they may have forgotten all the details of the demo, only remembering that they had fun with them, so even if the final product is significantly different, as long as they have fun with it then there's nothing to complain about. Also a demo can unimpress simply because that game is not meant for that particular player. For example, they could make the absolute best racing simulator that blows every other game out of the water and revolutionizes the industry, yet I still wouldn't like it hehe. And likewise they wont throw out a demo unless it's good enough to be put out there, atleast I'd hope so.

 

I was only 5 years old or so during the time of N64, so never heard of anything like that. Did anyone rage over Wave Race 64?

 

Yes, of course. Just saying what seems reasonable to me, too.

If the genre in the demo doesn`t please people, doesn`t really matter if the demo is the best or the worst ever. It`s about the potential gamer that could be unimpressed or simply not impressed as it could have been if the demo was made of the final build.
Not everyone is going to follow online or in magazines or read reports about every game. Sometimes people just see a video, some pictures or read some comments and if that exposure doesn`t hit them, they will keep overlooking it because nothing there cought that person`s attention at that time.

That`s what i was talking about. Sony and MS might do this or not considering the state of the demos. Even if they are good enough and require little changes they might choose to add something behind them to make them more attractive, like a road show. I have played some demos in stores and playing them in private events like road shows makes all the difference.

I don`t think anyone was mad about the change - which end up being for the best, i believe.
But significant changes can occur, as you see and it`s a big risk to expose potential customers to an unfinished product.