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bmmb1 on 27 March 2010
RolStoppable said:
Demotruk said:
If there were demos, I'm willing to bet less people would have bought The Conduit..

This.

Demos for third party games on the Wii would actually hurt sales in most cases. People buying the cat in the bag is one the saving graces for third parties.

That may have been true in the beginning (up to a year ago or so), but personally I believe that now it is hurting sales sine a lot of people probably became warry of buying new games at full price after getting burned.



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toastboy44562 on 27 March 2010
MontanaHatchet said:
toastboy44562 said:
MontanaHatchet said:
toastboy44562 said:
MontanaHatchet said:
Nintendo's making money, so they shouldn't change anything.


true, but they could always raise the price of the wii. Adding 50 dollars to the price tag again and adding an HDD I think would help them in the long run...

It was sarcasm. That's an idea I feel like I get a lot from Nintendo and some of their fans.

Nintendo should have implemented this idea years ago.


agreed, however this could have had a bad effect too, it could have stopped a lot of shovelware from selling. (So that would hurt 3rd party sales)

Didn't you just say in your original post that you wanted this idea?


Yes, the idea of demos will ensure that quality games sell better (3rd party), however it will make shovelware games sell a lot worse. (Also 3rd party) so I'm not sure if it would just even out. Am I explaining this right? If not I'll try to say it in a different way

 

Overall, yes, I do want it done because it will make sure higher quality games sell better, giving more talanted Devs more money to creat good products...



arsenal009 on 27 March 2010

I think if ppl got to demo Mad World & The Conduit before buying, the sales would actually be lower.

More advertising will in turn increase sales.



Cheebee on 27 March 2010

What's with all the Wii demo/DLC talk all of a sudden?



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Arius Dion on 27 March 2010
Demotruk said:
If there were demos, I'm willing to bet less people would have bought The Conduit..


LoL. Was thinking similar things.

Here's the solution for third parties: Make better games. Simple concept.



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LordTheNightKnight on 27 March 2010

The solution is for third parties to make the games that are hits on other systems, and not take out the things that make them hits.



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SaviorX on 27 March 2010

Hmm. You are asking 3rd parties to put in more effort to create Wii demos in addition to the actual games?.............Good luck with that.

The only reason you saw Wiiware demos is because those games weren't even 50MB.......



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BoleroOfFire on 27 March 2010
SaviorX said:
Hmm. You are asking 3rd parties to put in more effort to create Wii demos in addition to the actual games?.............Good luck with that.

The only reason you saw Wiiware demos is because those games weren't even 50MB.......

Funny you should say that...I could picture some doing that actually.  Putting a lot of effort into demos so that people are fooled into buying mediocre games.  
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Metallicube on 27 March 2010

Having more demos would definitely get more people interested in certain games, but I'm not sure it would be a significant change. There are still a good portion of Wii owners that don't even have online, or at least don't hook their Wii up online.



Doobie_wop on 27 March 2010

Nintendo need to get their online service ready for the next generation, it's falling behind way to fast in that aspect.



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