>tfw game demos are not a thing nowadaysfeels horrible man, never thought I'd miss the demo's
I played that one fucking Pizza Hut demo disc with Tony Hawk and Ape Escape more than actual games that summer.
PS1 demo discs were the definition of soul. The official PlayStation magazine was a must read every month.
>>722656914Steam next fest is literally about demos and it happens 4 times a yearBut algorithm fed demos are not the same as curated demo disks with soulful menus
>>722656914Trails in the Sky had a demo and that is literally the only game that mattered this year.
what is haunted ps1 demos and steam next fest
Major releases don't do pre-release demos anymore because fuck you but demos in general still do exist.
If a game has a demo on Steam I'm much more likely to buy it after trying. If there's no demo I'll pirate the game to try it.
>>722657418>steamit's not the same as buying the disk or downloading a AAA demo off the web
>>722657105that's a solid demo disk>>722656914research showed demos actually lowered purchase prospects for games because people like the anon above could play the demo enough to get their 'fill' of the gameyou also have new marketing strategies like streamers now to showcase the gameplay, so you don't really need demos from a marketing perspective
>>722656914There are more demos then ever... Some even 2h long.
>>722657208Zoomers are allergic to paper
>>722656914retard>>722657295You know Steam doesn't pull from your wishlist to advert demos right? It's a curated list before the event. They only highlight. You don't ever have to use queue.>>722657208>>722657105Although I only had a few, demo discs were part of my usual goto for games when I was a kid as well. Finding them at game and used media stores felt like a real treat since noone cared to resell them. The Crash Bash/Spyro Year of the Dragon one was my favorite.
>>722656914I guarantee there will be more demos for games this year than any previous year you fucking retard.>but i want demos for AAA sloppaAAA games have seen absolutely no innovation in 20 years anon, there is nothing to learn from a call of duty or battlefield demo
>>722657467Thats not a Steam problem thats an industry and physical media issue>>722657704This
>>722656914https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GXf5Im9GS4it was a different time
>MUH STEAMretards
>>722656914Demo DISCs aren't a thing. Plenty of games on Steam have free demos.
>demo is the prologue and lets you transfer data to the full game
>>722657868its the best content delivery platform for games you brain damaged faggot, your complete lack of a superior delivery mechanism speaks volumes.you're actually retarded
luv me demos
>>722657907but not AAA games
>>722657970>seeing how far I could go on the MediEvil demo before it booted me back to the select screenAlphies will never know
>>722658028So? Just pirate it and see if you like it enough to buy.
Forgot to mention, plenty of games out there also do alphas and beta playtests and there's communities dedicated to it, you can even get paid for it. Some developers use platforms like Itch.io to upload builds of the game as they go before they release. Pirating is also a thing you can do.
>>722658052If I pirate the game I might as well finish it
>>722656914demos never resulted in sales is the issueface it, most people who played demos were children who wanted free gaming so they just played a bunch of demos, some of them over and over againnow they have free games everywhere so even that audience is gone
>>722658090so why there were a thing back in the day?
>>722658046There have been OOT speedruns done in the 5 minute demo in smash bros brawlKinda based
>>722658131Are zoomers unable to conceptualize a world before digital goods?
>>722658090>thinly disguised FUCK SONY post
>>722656914I miss cheat codes
>>722658189fuck digital goods
>>722656914I played a demo of Pikmin 4 last night.They're still a thing.
>>722658090>demos never resulted in sales is the issueOn the PS1 alone, Demo Discs sold me on>Bugs Bunny Lost in Time>Speed Freaks>CTR>Ape Escape>Jade Cocoon>MedievalYou are incorrect.
Demos are still a thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YorqSN9KM0shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1_FO5FXHj0Good memories.
I want to go back.
>>722658090What the fuck are you on about? Demos were something you get from your vidya magazine CD (or download yourself if you had broadband internet) to check out the upcoming games.
>>722658239I never beat the game.
>>722658319Demo discs aren't.Show me a collation of demos that might have things you'd never even look twice at.
>>722658090Incorrect. I bought a lot of games back in the day thanks to what I played on a demo disc.
>>722658239You are not allowed to have fun with games. Now go do your daily quests and buy some skins.
>>722658028>but not AAA gamesI agree, how the fuck are people supposed to know what Assassins Creed 48, Pokemon 38, Call of Duty 483, Battlefield 294, Resident Evil 41 are like???????????????????
>>722657907Pushing a button to download a demo isn't the same as putting in a demo disc you got for free from a magazine
>>722658596>isn't the same as Correct. Downloading the a demo on steam is objectively better.
>>722656914Some of the demos were pretty much the full game. Like if you had a fighting game and all characters were selectable, it's basically the full game. Same with others like racing games, you're only missing out on the arcade mode.
>>722658028You mean AAA like the BF6 open beta?
>>722658679Which demos had all the characters?Most only had like 4.
>>722658694yeah give me a free demo of that not a 7 day beta
There's been a resurgence on pc, seen lots of games doing demos on steam recently.
>>722658773>Whoa dude there's like 1000 of demos on STEAM right now>all of them are some no-name indie shit type gameswe want real demos
>>722658849see>>722658586
>>722658849nononoyou can however buy my early access game - it is already on version 0.0.13!
Crazy how there's a human experience that existed only in one generation. Could never happen before, and will never happen again.Of course demos still exist, but the idea was being served a sample platter of what the market had to offer in the current moment. Instead of simply trying out something that already interested you, you were handed a list of titles without further information to taste-test in rapid succession.Truly novel.
The Resident Evil 5 demo was the last great demo. Me and my brother played that half an hour's worth of gameplay for fuckin HOURS
>>722658849>we want real demosDefine "real demos".Go ahead.
>>722656914Why demos aren't a thing anymore.Back in the day.>HEY! YOU! PLAY OUR FUCKING DEMO TO SEE HOW FUCKING RAD OUR GAME IS! YOU'LL BUY IT NEXT WEEK FOR SURE!Nowadays>Oh god oh fuck if the customer can actually play an hour of our game for free they'll never fucking play it because it's DOGSHIT!
>>722659008>Truly novel.Yeah, nobody had ever thought of that before.
There are loads of demos, just they are digital only now, plus like PSN has trials but only if you pay for premium.Every RE game since RE7 has had a demo, and If you remember RE7 demo was updated and had a kind of mystery to it. Was really good.
>>722659147>uninteractive media>complete tracksAnon that's literally just a collation. Of course collations are not original at a base rate. But comparing passive media and interactive media is apples to oranges.
>>722656914this demo had the best fucking ps1 games man.My cousin had a PS1 and everytime i went over we played that fucking demo disc.I bought a PS1 not too long ago with this demo disc too.
>>722659139this explains it
>>722659147A hits album has more in common with, say, Super Mario All-Stars than demo discs.
>>722659098>>722658849Guess he couldn't do it lol
>>722656914Yeah they are. You just don't have to spend ten bucks to buy a mag that has them on them. Half the magazine being averts or haha isn't everything a joke.Cool pictures though.Now it's download demo for something and if you like it buy it and download the rest. You don't even have to leave your house.Metal Eden demo is great btw.>whineYou have a lot, not everything, but a lot available to pirate. Done enough by everyone it's effectively legal. YouTube is a pirate site. Just scum that profit via piracy and deny others making their own archive.Jdownloader and newpipe counters that if you care, and you should. They lower quality of the best so nigger kike plague can be at "4k".TLDR find, preserve, play things yourself. You can't trust prividence. Not anymore. The army turned traitor and let the worst in and take orders from them. What is on your side is the past and the spirit of humanity that is competed against by everyone sold out, which is pretty much everyone accepting indoctrination by the enemy. Right and wrong refered to rapists who desex children.Be careful. Protect yourself. Pirate, purchase, preserve progress. You might be the last of it.
Downloading demos just doesn't hit the same way.
>>722660212This.
>>722660208i think i agree with your basic sentiment but wtf are you talking about
>>722658090Why are you so aggressively revisionist? What the fuck do you even gain from lying about something you obviously never experienced?
In my life I played the fuck outta Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and Battlefield 2142 demos
>>722660208What on earth does the army have to do with demos
>>722660958Why are you so aggressively homosexual? What the fuck do you even gain from crying and pissing your pants about a post you disagree with?
>>722660212It fundamentally cannot. You have no idea what you're getting with a demo disc, you have every idea when you choose to download a demo off Steam or something.This would be like if you could just ask Steam to randomly download you 10 demos.Maybe that could happen again once we are all slaves to the AI overmind, but I doubt it ever would.
