There is tons of free demos, way more than back in the time (which wasn't free as you had to buy magazines).
Game Trials however is another thing, and I love that they exist, and I don't mind them being behind a "paywall" together with lots of other games and benefits.
Who in the world is disagreeing that you could share demo discs for free back in the day? I certainly got given some for free, and gave some away myself. It’s an objectively true statement. Are they not teaching logic in schools anymore?
That’s when demos were cheap to produce… we’re past that.
Most big budget games don’t need a playable demo to move units anyways, people make up their minds from YouTube, so devs are rarely motivated to produce a demo.
Callisto Protocol could benefit from a demo, since they have since patched alotta issues cited by initial reviews. So, it IS weird to diminish the marketing impact of a demo by gating it behind a sub.
No, Sony didn't promise that all games would get a trial.
"Sony will require some PlayStation game developers to create trial versions of their games as part of changes coming to its PlayStation Plus subscription service, according to a new report from Game Developer. Those trial versions will reportedly be required to last at least two hours long, if the game being sold costs $34 or more."
@nino you’re leaving out a very important word from the quote you yourself quoted earlier: “game.” As in, “playstation Game developers,” not “playstation developers.” Obviously, the quote refers to anyone who creates games to be played on playstation. Not just devs owned by Sony.
Striking Distance has created a PS version of their game, so the quote (again, which you yourself quoted) means this demo should be Two hours long. Let’s try to at least be consistent with our arguments here.
@zaanan And you missed out on ""Sony will require SOME PlayStation game developers", and as I wrote before, you nor I don't know which developers are included in "some".
Nevermind Callisto Protocol, I'm looking forward to 'pragmata' from capcom.
Demos should be free to everyone, not locked behind a paywall. I say this as a PS guy. Anybody remember game mag demos and shareware?
Not so terrifying really
This is a very slow process, they promised that all games over a certain price point would get a trial. We are nowhere near that point at the moment.
Pffh terrifying? HA!