Comments on: The Demise of Demos? http://www.vitocassisi.com/archives/97 Delving into technology Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dextras http://www.vitocassisi.com/archives/97/comment-page-1#comment-16 dextras Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:03:04 +0000 http://www.vitocassisi.com/?p=97#comment-16 Hey, nice article. I agree with a lot of what you're saying. There aren't a lot of demos out there. I'm cashstrapped so love trying demos but then I have the issue of downloads. Luckily, as i'm now with iinet I get unquotaed (doesn't count towards my quota) downloads from gamershell.com. So I'm able to download the demos that are released. I think you're right about all the torrent stuff too. I'me one of 'those' who won't download them. but at the same time I'll just play the demo and not buy the game because of the price. I wish they would lower prices and then they can expect people to actually buy their product Hey, nice article. I agree with a lot of what you’re saying. There aren’t a lot of demos out there. I’m cashstrapped so love trying demos but then I have the issue of downloads. Luckily, as i’m now with iinet I get unquotaed (doesn’t count towards my quota) downloads from gamershell.com. So I’m able to download the demos that are released.
I think you’re right about all the torrent stuff too. I’me one of ‘those’ who won’t download them. but at the same time I’ll just play the demo and not buy the game because of the price. I wish they would lower prices and then they can expect people to actually buy their product

]]> By: Nacimota http://www.vitocassisi.com/archives/97/comment-page-1#comment-15 Nacimota Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:46:08 +0000 http://www.vitocassisi.com/?p=97#comment-15 I've actually found betas more interesting than demos. I had no interest in purchasing CoD4 until I was invited to the closed multiplayer beta. I think beta releases tend to have more content than demos because the developers are looking for bugs and general feedback and because they tend to expire after a few months. For this reason, I've found demos to be somewhat underwhelming by comparison. Having said that, I haven't notice a particular drop in demos, myself. They're very prevalent on Xbox Live Marketplace, and to a lesser extent, steam. I’ve actually found betas more interesting than demos. I had no interest in purchasing CoD4 until I was invited to the closed multiplayer beta. I think beta releases tend to have more content than demos because the developers are looking for bugs and general feedback and because they tend to expire after a few months. For this reason, I’ve found demos to be somewhat underwhelming by comparison.

Having said that, I haven’t notice a particular drop in demos, myself. They’re very prevalent on Xbox Live Marketplace, and to a lesser extent, steam.

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