| OdinHades said: Demos are a thing of the past. Today, instead of getting some magazine with a demo disc, you get yourself PS+ or Xbox Live and get some full games every month. "But those aren't the games I want to try!", you might say. However, you also didn't have a choice which demos were on the disc back in the days. With the heavy media presence today, countless reviews and videos along with things like share play, I don't think demos are needed anymore. It just eats into the already little time development teams have at their hands to make a game. So no sir, please no more demos. Let them rest in peace. |
Interesting, seeing that demos and trailers are present in stores to sell consoles to the consumer first hand. They aren't resting in peace...they are only being used to sell consoles. The people who give us our reviews and previews online get exclusive access to them and then tell us how good or bad the games are rather than us being able to form an opinion. Think of it as democracy. Companies allow representatives who are given hits, ratings or views to and they in turn give a subjective response in only the most human way possible. That's just the thing these days. We should have access to what these people have played even if it's late. Nintendo and Sony have done a great job with demos at best buy. It's one of the things that convinced me for the first time in years that the wii u was for me this gen.
