Chukhopops
Member
I honestly don't know but I remember that at least Sable and Tunic had a demo before being released Day 1 on GP. So I don't think it's forbidden by MS policy.
[RUMOR] Microsoft To Announce Xbox Game Demos & More On June 9th
Captain Toad
Banned
Why are demos now locked behind a paid subscription? And why are we celebrating it?
THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
It's clearly not going to be demos of games already on gamepass. It will be games not on gamepass, and it's a welcome perk.
Those who downplayed the demos on ps5 were more reacting to no day and date and only that and old games for the top tier. Not the idea of demos in general.
Those who downplayed the demos on ps5 were more reacting to no day and date and only that and old games for the top tier. Not the idea of demos in general.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
They are the same threads
THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
Let's do the math.
No demos. (This is what we have now for the most part))
Or
Demos behind a paid sub that a large portion of xbox owners are already subscribed too.
Gee I guess I should be mad at the added value of getting something from nothing.
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Captain Toad
Banned
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
Feel free to quote where I said ps5 demos were bad mr post mover.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
No, there were definitely people making fun of paying for demos of new games with the PS+ Premium/Deluxe service details. A lot of people maybe weren't, but some DEFINITELY were.
StreetsofBeige
Member
It shouldn't be locked.
If all the studios could handle demos and trials during the 350/PS3 era I'm sure they could figure out how to do them now.
Captain Toad
Banned
Demos exist. They are up to the individual publisher.
Now, third-party developers can have demos on GamePass or PS+. They are up to the individual publisher.
"Added value"
PropellerEar
Member
GhostOfTsu
Banned
Can we count on you to keep this thread going for 25 pages like you do in every Sony threads? I'm not the warrior here.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
If they're making the announcement in two days, they might as well do it at Summer Games Fest. If the feature's aiming at people outside the ecosystem, SGF would be a good outlet. Only people already on Xbox are going to pay attention to an Xbox Wire article on it.
VN1X
Banned
Right after that legendary thread where people were shitting on Sony for trials.
Green Rats right now:
No. Fucking. Way.
THIS is a console warrior-type argument as well? Get the fuck outta here!
You mean to say the shit we've been loving for years over on PC and something that Valve has been heavily pushing for again in recent years (with their special events and Steam functionality) was a fanboy war on Gaf and other places? That is fucking hilarious.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Because demos are better than no demos.
nominedomine
Banned
If you don't mind:
Well, turns out that not only it was enough to matter, it was enough that MS promptly copied it.
nominedomine
Banned
Roman Empire
Member
I really don't care for trials/demos that much aside from the normal betas for multiplayer games. Now, expanding their cloud services is always welcomed.
SlicedBread3
Member
I think it also said it won't be enforced retroactively. So we might not know until more AAA games start coming out.
Ok, so I wasnt tripping.
But we can read...
Either way, it's a good thing no matter who does it. We used to all cry for demos years and years ago.
Or TIL Game Pass is now free....
Captain Toad
Banned
How is giving publishers the option to add free demos to GP and PS+ a good thing, when they already had the same option, but without needing a paid subscription?
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
But will it reach 25 pages of embarrassment? Doubt.
Even the dude who dropped a one-liner pom pom and liked your post, doesn't have the same energy.
I wonder what changed? At least you are consistent, respect.
Great. More paid demos. Just what we need.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
Now the peeps that had all demos locked behind XBL to start with, might stop the "demos locked behind paywalls" mantra once and for all.
Maybe it's just new games.
This will be part of Game Pass, and will supposedly have demos for games not available on Game Pass...
Barakov
Member
nominedomine
Banned
Was that really true? Shameless.
It reminds me of the whole uproar about Sony being anti-consumer because they were resisting crossplay (just like MS did when they had better market share) all while F2P wasn't even free on Xbox and required Gold (when it was never behind a paywall on PlayStation).
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I thought it was a bad idea for Sony. If this is behind a paywall it's a bad idea for Xbox. The only good thing I read was developer compensation for doing it.
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Bernd Lauert
Banned
I know you think you have a gotcha moment here, but you really don't.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Just pointing out your lack of energy.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
From what I heard, can't test it myself. I also heard the 360 has the cmos "c-bomb" issue and no one has cared and it hasn't been fixed. Not sure if that's true either though. Also Sony was doing crossplay with PC on PS2. That was stupid to start with.
Snakeeyes646
Member
Trials are not the same as demo`s. Demos are very welcome, trials on a paid service for a few hrs isn't great.Right after that legendary thread where people were shitting on Sony for trials.
Green Rats right now:
Bernd Lauert
Banned
I'll bring the same energy if the rumor includes Microsoft forcing 3rd party publishers to release these demos. That was my only objection in the other thread.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
True... article needs more concern™.
Writer was too thorough in contrast and not dropping piecemeal every other day.
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thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
For me it's not a question of if it's a good thing it's a question of is it redundant? I don't know if the OP is implying this is for GamPass when in reality it may not be/may not require GamePass.
If this is separate from GamePass then it has a purpose. If it's a part of GamePass then it's kind of redundant for anything outside of 3P games that don't come to GamePass Day 1.
But the wording in OP makes it sound like it's intended for GamePass subscribers and the reason I said it's a bit redundant is because you already get more games for Day 1 on GamePass vs. PS+. Point of demos is to let the user spend some time to decide if a game is worth their buy and time. With MS's approach you don't need demos for their 1P games, or quite a lot of indies and even some AA games, since those are the ones they guarantee Day 1 in GamePass anyway.
If you're curious about those games, just wait until Day 1, download (or stream, if it's available), try and decide to either keep it or uninstall. That's all there is to it.
nominedomine
Banned
DarkMage619
$MSFT
Demos should be free. Paid demos on Game pass make no sense seeing how entire day one games are available on that service to play entirely. The Tunic demo was on Xbox and I don't recall it being exclusively available to Game pass subscribers.
www.well-played.com.au
This doesn't seem to be the same as what PS+ Premium was doing but if identical neither are great. I'll await actual confirmation before rendering a final determination.
There's A Tunic Demo Available On Xbox and Steam
Action-adventure game Tunic has a demo available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Steam.
www.well-played.com.au
This doesn't seem to be the same as what PS+ Premium was doing but if identical neither are great. I'll await actual confirmation before rendering a final determination.
Mr Moose
Member
It's not free. Does that mean it isn't funny?
Calverz
Member
Because the platform holders will possibly incentivise this. It's better than the current status quo surely?
Edit: I should have added that I believe demos should be completely free. I remember the glory days of ps1 demo discs and pc demo discs. They gave me hours of entertainment as I couldn't buy games myself. So anything that pushes us to get more demos I support. I'm happy Xbox seem to be following suit.
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Hawking Radiation
Wants to watch an Event Horizon porno
We as gamers win when these guys fight tooth and nail for our hard earned dollars.
Good going Xbox.
Good going Xbox.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Gamepass demos?
Game pass demos is an oxymoronic statement.
This *has* to be for demos for games that aren't on game pass, otherwise it's like there's absolutely no point to giving demos for games already on the service right ?
