Crash Bandicoot 4 is getting a demo, but only for those who pre-order the game digitally

SkittleDash · Sep 16, 2020

EA: Write that down!

the_randomizer · Sep 16, 2020

raxadian said:
Is a PS4 game, of course it will get pirated, even if you won't be able to play it in a hacked PS4 until they find out a new workaround. Because the game will most likely require the latest firmware update.

Activision can suck it, doing this is a dumb move

Ev1lbl0w · Sep 16, 2020

What the hell. That's literally against the definition and purpose of a demo.

Seriously, it seems user rights on the gaming market only go downhill.

Deleted User · Sep 16, 2020

LightBeam said:
Yeah, finally some paid demos, exactly what everyone was asking for.
Because you know, you wouldn't want people to try your game before they buy it, right ?

Paid demos were a thing on the PlayStation, Dreamcast, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360 and PS3 days (not a lot know they made demo discs for 360/PS3).

The plus side of the demo discs is that the demos were available in physical format so they could be preserved without too much hassle.

Deleted User · Sep 16, 2020

not new, it's just most companies will call it beta access even tho it's so close to release that any feedback gained is pretty much useless, and demo is the morre accuate word

gamesquest1 · Sep 16, 2020

what's worse than forcing you to buy before you try, is mandating that you must buy in a non-resellable format.

this has to be one of the most anti-consumer friendly moves possible

I guess maybe next time they can try sell the demo as DLC

JFizDaWiz · Sep 16, 2020

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Goku1992A · Sep 16, 2020

I never played a demo I normally look at gameplay from youtube.

Demos piss me off if the game is really good I'll hate that I won't be able to play it until it officially releases. On the other hand I wish Windbound came with a demo that game was pretty bad

Deleted User · Sep 16, 2020

Goku1992A said:
I never played a demo I normally look at gameplay from youtube.

Demos piss me off if the game is really good I'll hate that I won't be able to play it until it officially releases. On the other hand I wish Windbound came with a demo that game was pretty bad

You're missing out. Some demos are drastically different from the final game so sometimes you end up playing the better, shorter version of a game.

For example, SONIC 06 Demo to me is far better than the retail game.

hippy dave · Sep 16, 2020

eduall · Sep 16, 2020

demo only for preorders... boooored

tech3475 · Sep 16, 2020

Activision: Well we had to **** it up somehow.

Boesy said:
You're missing out. Some demos are drastically different from the final game so sometimes you end up playing the better, shorter version of a game.

For example, SONIC 06 Demo to me is far better than the retail game.

This happened with me, I knew people online said it was bad but I didn't think it would be THAT BAD based on the demo.

BraveDragonWolf · Sep 16, 2020

Snot how demos work come on man...(yeah I said snot)
If you need the money, don't make a demo of the game, just force people into buying it.
That's how it works in my head.

Kioku · Sep 16, 2020

LightBeam said:
Yeah, finally some paid demos, exactly what everyone was asking for.
Because you know, you wouldn't want people to try your game before they buy it, right ?

Man, it's too bad you can't cancel your pre-order if you didn't like the demo... Oh... Wait...

KingVamp · Sep 17, 2020

Hopefully you don't forget to cancel.

limpbiz411 · Sep 17, 2020

now that's one hell of a cheesy move. A demo of a game you already pad for.

AkikoKumagara · Sep 17, 2020

Not a surprise. They just pulled the same crap with Tony Hawk. With that, I caved. With this, I won't.

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Boesy said:
Paid demos were a thing on the PlayStation, Dreamcast, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360 and PS3 days (not a lot know they made demo discs for 360/PS3).

The plus side of the demo discs is that the demos were available in physical format so they could be preserved without too much hassle.

Most of those were "free*" and just included with something else, such as another game or a magazine which was sold at its normal MSRP regardless. Wouldn't compare that to having to buy the whole game itself before demoing it. Not even in the same ballpark, imo.

raxadian · Sep 17, 2020

Ev1lbl0w said:
What the hell. That's literally against the definition and purpose of a demo.

Seriously, it seems user rights on the gaming market only go downhill.

In the UK demo disks for PS1 were literally for sale at ten pounds each, but at least the disks had several demons on them and they later added magazines to the disks.

Or something like that, my memory is terrible.

gamesquest1 · Sep 17, 2020

raxadian said:
In the UK demo disks for PS1 were literally for sale at ten pounds each, but at least the disks had several demons on them and they later added magazines to the disks.

Or something like that, my memory is terrible.

as far as I recall the PS1 demos were always included with the official playstation magazine and typically had about 3-6 demos, a few trailers on them and I seem to remember some of them including game saves you would be able to install to your memory card that would unlock all levels or have full inventories etc on games, pretty sure they were about a fiver, dont think I ever saw a ps1 demo you had to buy, short of the demo disks for another title by the same developer/publisher they would sometimes bundle with games i.e FF8 demo with FF7

I doubt developers received a penny for making demos for the PS1 official demo's, I wouldn't be surprised to find some devs made contributions to the magazine staff to get a place on those disks as demo's used to be a way to attract new customers who wouldn't otherwise buy them game unless they had a chance to demo it, I guess in that regard YT lets plays and video reviews have kind of defeated the reason to bother making demo's, if you wanna see a game you just just basically watch the whole thing online anyway

AkikoKumagara · Sep 17, 2020

gamesquest1 said:
as far as I recall the PS1 demos were always included with the official playstation magazine and typically had about 3-6 demos, a few trailers on them and I seem to remember some of them including game saves you would be able to install to your memory card that would unlock all levels or have full inventories etc on games, pretty sure they were about a fiver, dont think I ever saw a ps1 demo you had to buy, short of the demo disks for another title by the same developer/publisher they would sometimes bundle with games i.e FF8 demo with FF7

This is how I remember it as well. I really miss the PlayStation Underground demos and had a nice collection of them growing up. Not sure how it worked elsewhere, but if they were straight up sold alone I don't condone that either.

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