Released at the end of January, the Devil May Cry 4 demo has undoubtedly helped in selling the game and spreading the word, but would you believe that the demo has been downloaded over a million times? It's the truth, brought to us by the same Capcom rep who gave the PS3 install response. With games like Lost Planet and Dead Rising its obvious that from early this generation, Capcom has been supporting XBLM with demos. It looks like their system is working and now over a million people have some form of DMC4 in their hands. Here's hoping that all developers and publishers now see the potential of demos to sell a game.
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2-13-2008 @ 9:20AM
emaxximus said...
Bring on more free demos of cool games I say! :)
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2-13-2008 @ 9:27AM
Josh said...
Demos are great however they can also hurt a game's sales. How many times have you played a demo for a game that you were sure you were going to buy and then turned out renting it instead?
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2-13-2008 @ 9:29AM
Boff said...
But that's better for us as consumers, you saved yourself a few quid/dollars/whatever by trying the demo first.
2-13-2008 @ 9:37AM
Josh said...
Absolutely, I have no arguments there. Demos are the best thing since sliced bread and has saved me a lot of money. I was just talking from a business standpoint.
2-13-2008 @ 9:42AM
gamermasterman said...
Personally, I usually won't buy a game unless I know I will like it.
If there is one I'm on the fence about, I'm not gunna buy it untill I play it. So demos cant hurt sales from me, only make them better.
2-13-2008 @ 12:56PM
Jayslacks said...
A good demo won't hurt a game's sales. They always help it. No one would have bought Bioshock without that Demo. I think we should think in opposite terms. How much are games hurt by NOT having a demo? Assassin's Creed did alright, but I know, just from playing it, I would have bought it sooner had there been a demo for me to play.
2-13-2008 @ 9:27AM
Boff said...
Yep more demos please!!
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2-13-2008 @ 9:27AM
xFenixKnightx said...
The thing is, because of the demo...I didnt buy it. So yeah, thanks Capcom I just saved $60.00 =)
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2-13-2008 @ 12:54PM
webster1990 said...
the demo was a bit poo,
but my friend bought the full game and its awesome
i wasnt going to buy it after playing the demo, but i will do now.
i hate how demo's usually only show a shit part of the game, like the dmc4 demo. why not show a good bit, so people will base their judgement on that?
2-13-2008 @ 9:30AM
SadisticHam said...
Any game developer that doesn't want to release a demo for their game gets my suspicion.
I suppose the real question however, out of all those that tried the demo just how many bought the game? Do we have any 360 worldwide sales for DMC4 yet? Has it shifted over a million already?
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2-13-2008 @ 9:46AM
Digital Limit said...
The demo is what made me the most interested in the game. Without the demo, I probably wouldn't have cared about it at all. That said, I won't be purchasing it either way - the highlight of the demo was supposed to be the boss battle (for me, anyhow), but how the battle went down was so lame that it left a bad taste in my mouth.
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2-13-2008 @ 12:05PM
Tony said...
The demo is basically a really chopped up version of the first level of the game... While I liked the boss battle (despite it being ridiculously easy), it does get much better as you go on.
2-13-2008 @ 10:02AM
xFenixKnightx said...
Demos dont always work well for new games. I dont think a demo of a game like say Assassins Creed would have worked well but the game is still phenominal, but then you have the Bioshock demo which sealed the deal for me to buy the game. Its just different situations with different games IMO.
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2-13-2008 @ 12:57PM
Jayslacks said...
I agree about Bioshock, but an Assassin's Creed demo could have been the first mission. Simple, quick, showing off everything.
2-13-2008 @ 10:15AM
thisguyrighthere said...
I love demos.
The DMC demo made me decide to avoid the game. The Culdcept demo made me want to pick it up.
A bad demo will generally just make me not pre-order and wait for more reviews or even a friend to pick it up. A good demo always seals the deal with a pre-order.
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2-13-2008 @ 10:18AM
ccc said...
Demos rock, especially the ones that I find myself playing over and over again.
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2-13-2008 @ 11:16AM
Tony said...
You have to imagine that 1,000,000 downloads is a good sign of the amount of people interested in it. I mean, if 20,000 people tried it then I might imagine that it wouldn't do quite as well in stores.
I bought the game the other day and I wonder what the big deal about the PS3 install is to begin with... Certainly instant loading would be awesome, but half the time things load instantly in the game and the rest of the time they take like 4 seconds.
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2-13-2008 @ 2:43PM
Digital Limit said...
You found the boss battle easy? Heh, I lost both times I bought him. He does some charging attack that I can't seem to avoid. Nevertheless, I just found how the battle played out to be quite meh--hover around his head with your grabby-attack and smack him a ton. Sure, I had to avoid some attacks in the latter stages of the battle, but ultimately even when I was raping his face, I had no satisfaction. And god knows face-rape is always satisfying, so something's up.
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2-13-2008 @ 9:23PM
Pete said...
I personally was extremely disappointed with this demo. Having never played DMC before, this demo really turned me off from a game I probably would've rented had I not played the demo.
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2-13-2008 @ 10:05PM
ZeroCorpse said...
In this case, the demo just confirmed that this was a game I DIDN'T want to purchase.
Bleh. Pretty anime hack-n-slasher. `Shallow as Paris Hilton.
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