Nintendo No Longer Supports WiiWare Demos

[Worgen]

hope they make it a real thing, being able to try out the games definatly makes it easier to buy them

 

[Gladion]

I don't know why there is so much confusion and disbelief towards Nintendo here about this. They announced from the very beginning this demo system started that it was not going to last forever, that it was an experiment, and if the experiment succeeded (which I think it did), they'd do something cool about it.

I just don't see why providing demos needed an experiment at all. It's not like it was some kind of new idea to release small portions of a game for people to test out.

 

[samsonguy920]

I think its ridiculous when game developers don't (or can't in this case) release demos for their games, especially in this day and age. Granted sometimes the production time is just not there to produce one but even a mock arena where you send hordes of baddies at me so I can try out the combat system is enough to give me the feel of your game.

This especially applies to new IP's. Why should I waste money on your new IP game and risk it being not to my liking and then find myself out $60 and valuable time? This is definitely a deal breaker when I'm browsing through the Steam store just looking to pick something up in between major releases.

Demos have been getting fewer and far between, though I still see them for some games on Steam. Either some developers and/or publishers are getting paranoid that some gamers are able to magically get the whole game through a free demo, or it is more the perception that customers want the game yesterday. So why add on more time doing the extra work putting a demo together?
I don't know about you, but I don't mind waiting if it means a demo will also get done. Hell we do it anyway for a lot of games. Oh, and beta does not equal demo.

I miss shareware.

 

[Pendragon9]

This is bad. Since nintendo is making money left and right, they're probably thinking up some grand super demo feature service, and it will print gold! D:

 

[MurderousToaster]

Nintendo don't really need anything like this to boost their sales, given that they're so damn rich. They still have their back catalogue, which is far larger than Sony and Microsofts.

 

[Snotnarok]

The experiment is still running I'd say. They're probably watching to see if their profits drop any because if there's no demo, people will just Youtube it.

 

[Sixties Spidey]

Eh. Whatever. I pirate Wiiware games so I don't give too much of a fuck. The only one I never pirated was World of Goo. That I bought legit.

 

[KDR_11k]

They'll probably return, this first run was for evaluation purposes and from what we can tell the sales of the demoed games increased greatly as a result so it was a success.

 

[Dr Happypills]

Fan-friggin-tastic. I'd just started using those.

 

[sidereal_day]

If it is gone forever, then gamers will lose the ability to test games out before they buy them, and developers might see a drop in sales because of the barrier for entry.

What you are describing isn't a "barrier to entry." A barrier to entry is a term in economics that refers to something that makes it difficult or impossible for a firm to enter a market, such as high capital requirements (a natural barrier) or government licensing (a regulatory one).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barriers_to_entry

 

[Plurralbles]

there were demos?


Nintendo, poor marketing in the first place.