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[RUMOR] Microsoft To Announce Xbox Game Demos & More On June 9th
THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
Living in serious denial here, you can't state they exist when they don't. 98% of AAA games don't have demos. You can have the 2%.
If any part of the 98% that currently have no demo's now have one, that's actually added value. Be completely different if the market already had tons of demos.
THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
It's free for most xbox users.....most are on gamepass..........
Elysion
Banned
Idea: allow people to play the first hour of every game for free.
You download the game (or at least the early parts of it), and can then play for free for a limited amount of time. Make it a universal mandate for every game (above a certain price point). An hour should be enough to get a feel for the gameplay (and you can repeat that free hour how often you want). Once the hour is over, a window pops up asking you to buy the game to continue, or to return to the menu screen.
Would something like that be realistic?
You download the game (or at least the early parts of it), and can then play for free for a limited amount of time. Make it a universal mandate for every game (above a certain price point). An hour should be enough to get a feel for the gameplay (and you can repeat that free hour how often you want). Once the hour is over, a window pops up asking you to buy the game to continue, or to return to the menu screen.
Would something like that be realistic?
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Less than 50 percent. I guess that qualifies as "most"
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
No, most publishers won't be on board, especially for free.
THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
In context, not enough to matter vs date and date games which was very clear what I was stating. And it isn't. Old games and demos can't compete with day and date releases. It's a fact.
But why exactly shouldn't MS bring one more item to make game pass look even better to gamers?
THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
Oh, you have current gamepass sub numbers? Current active consoles?
But lets play less than 50%, isn't that still added value with no increase to cost to say, millions of your best customers? How is that bad again?
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Never said it was. I was merely questioning your use of the word "most"
digoutyoursoul
Member
I remember Xbox Live Arcade had trials with all releases . Really came in handy because I probably would not bought some of them had it not been for that feature.
Dick Jones
Gold Member
It's a great thing for consumers. It's just Xbox shills getting shat on for spending 25 pages complaining about the same thing with PS.
Trogdor1123
Member
I honestly thought demos were still a thing.
Trogdor1123
Member
So by definition… not free…
Captain Toad
Banned
This is still leaving it up to the individual publishers if there is a demo or not. Exactly how it is now, but now locked behind a paywall.
clarky
Gold Member
You can kinda do that already with a refund. Last one was BF2042 for me, dodged a bullet there. EA do it with those 10hr things on play already as well
Zero interest in demo's from me. Most shit xbox wise is on game pass anyways.
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THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
You have no idea if publishers can't still publish a "free" one.
THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
Neither is an xbox, so technically nothing is free.......
Why act dumb? The point was that a lot of people were complaining about having to pay for demos because it's behind a subscription. It's behind a subscription here if the article is true. You can't say it's free when you have to pay a subscription to get the benefit.
oldergamer
Member
Dunno if they are optional, then no issue right? even worse is if users had to pay for a demo that should be free I'd assume
TheGodfather07
Member
can you tell me how to get gamepass for free? i dont see the option. im looking everywhere. where is it?
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oldergamer
Member
where did it say the demos had anything to do with game pass?
sircaw
Banned
I really don't understand why they are bothering with all this, cant they just release that 1$ trial for a month or even give a month away for free to try and hook people that way.
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oldergamer
Member
For demos? you don't need gamepass or even xbox live. you can just go to the store and download them
Varteras
Member
I mean, I DID just get 3 months of it on PC for $1.
So maybe not FREE free.... but... ya know...
oldergamer
Member
Where does it say this in the article? are you quoting the original post that added gamepass?
Captain Toad
Banned
Um, in the OP?
Captain Toad
Banned
"One of the bigger announcements is that Microsoft will be launching a new service to seemingly compete against PlayStation Plus' time-limited game trials that were announced earlier this year. The feature will be coming to Xbox Game Pass members within the next year"
Craig of War
Banned
For demos need to be free don't locked it behind no paywall i hate it when PS did it & if Xbox do it to than fuck them to
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oldergamer
Member
The person that wrote that is clueless. like I already said, time trials have been available for years on Xbox, they don't cost anything and don't require a subscription.
oldergamer
Member
And where do you see MS actually saying that? I don't think the article has this information correct.
Captain Toad
Banned
They have been available on PlayStation and Nintendo too. Sony just did this and it sounds like Xbox is about to do the same.
My question is, why are we celebrating it? Like you said demos have always been free.
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Captain Toad
Banned
If they are, what's changed?
oldergamer
Member
I'm wondering what MS is offering that is different here. Are they just paying developers to make full versions of games with the time trial feature? MS already can pay a developer by how much people play their games. Is this just an extension of that? I just don't get it if it doesn't have a significant difference
Lognor
Banned
Probably was an easy thing to ask devs for since devs are being forced to do it by Sony. So ms thought, might as well get the same thing without any additional hassle for devs. It is what it is. I don't really ever play demos
MScarpa
Member
If these are free demos not locked behind a sibscr
I have never looked for demos so I don't know. They aren't my cup of tea.
Captain Toad
Banned
I think we are saying the same thing, except you're adding "this can't possibly be true".
It at least makes a LITTLE sense with Sony, as their first-party games aren't day and date on PS+, so demos for those games makes sense. For Xbox, this would just be third-party games not on GamePass and is up to the individual publishers, which is exactly how it is now.
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THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
It's an added benefit at NO ADDITIONAL COST to those who subscribe to game pass. Nothing is lost to those who don't subscribe as there is basically no demos now. So what does no additional cost mean? To me that's free, pretty sure it's in the dictionary.
THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
Reading disorder? I said free for those who already have gamepass. No additional cost. Nil. Nada. Zilch.
Mr Moose
Member
Most? 25M is most? And no, GamePass isn't free.
THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
Link to current xbox gamepass users vs active consoles?