Great change imo. The new & trending tab feels a lot more useful now that it isn’t 50% demos.
This is why console demos are so rare anymore.
Try before you buy means fewer sales on launch day.
Informed consumers are careful with their money. And that’s bad. Apparently.
PunchingWood@lemmy.world 3 months ago
To imagine there was a ;pmg time games didn’t offer enough demos anymore, and now we get so much that they need to be filtered 😂
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Shovelware demos are useless.
I remember the time I played the demo for farming sim and DOA:Dimensions to death on my 3DS. Those were actually good demos.
PunchingWood@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah it doesn’t compare to old-school demos like stuff that came on discs with magazines, but at least it’s a lot better getting the option to try something instead of buying and refunding everything. And at least some bigger studios and indi games are picking up on this as well.
RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
I am not sure what demos you mention in particular but the one I recently played is news tower and I am hooked. Just waiting for a good sale to snag the game and even stopped posting the demo mid way. I for one appreciate all the demos being put out even if it is short. Their only purpose is to showcase the full game and they do a decent job of that.
TheLongPrice@lemmy.one 3 months ago
this is the best timeline