Microsoft To Announce Xbox Game Demos & More On June 9th
Sources have said that Microsoft will be announcing several big announcements before Summer Game Fest on June 9th.
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Tom Henderson: Microsoft to Announce Xbox Game Demos (PlayStation Demos Competitor) and More on June 9th
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This is cool
Still strange that game demos exist behind a paywall especially because we had xbox festivals with tons of demos in the last few years? well, let's see how it'll work.
Still strange that game demos exist behind a paywall especially because we had xbox festivals with tons of demos in the last few years? well, let's see how it'll work.
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I knew it!
If Sony was doing it, there's no reason not to do it for Game Pass Ultimate.
It is also a good substitute for if they get rid of Gold.
Also, good to see developers will be compensated:
If Sony was doing it, there's no reason not to do it for Game Pass Ultimate.
It is also a good substitute for if they get rid of Gold.
Also, good to see developers will be compensated:
This is great news for both PlayStation and Xbox gamers because more third parties will just see it as the cost of doing business since both platforms "demand" it.
I wonder if this means 4K streams? ImBald you might want to add these extra details into the thread!
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Cool. Compensation sounds good. I've not really enjoyed the demo drops they've done in the past (mostly cuz the discovery was always a bit weird and there are SO MANY games lol). But overall, this is great. So this is diff from PS+ in that these are PRE-RELEASE demos, right?
Most of the Steam demos during these events that are on Xbox make it to Xbox as well. The difference is that the devs get paid for demos here. Pros and cons, no? And it's not like Game Pass's audience is too small to be meaningful.
Yeah, this is pretty different than PS+ demos.
It seems to be opt-in and developers get compensated. Maybe all games are included but if you choose to opt in and make a custom demo you get compensated? Guess we'll find out soon.
This
kinda makes it sound like the devs need to actually make the demo themselves, no?
So many games I ended up buying (and loving) because of playing the demo. Mirror's Edge is one.
I get that both companies are trying to tie as much value as possible to a service, but the new times of tying demos/trials to $15mo+ is ehhhhhh.
They gotta come up with an alternative name for it because I don't think people should have to figure out what someone means in a conversation if they're playing a xbox game demo or a xbox game demo.
Like trial seems like it would've worked well enough to better explain the difference between: "this is a free, crafted, and small slice of the game for you to try out that you can get directly from our store as I'm linking here" and "you can just play the full game straight up for a limited amount of time" as what they're providing here.
Like trial seems like it would've worked well enough to better explain the difference between: "this is a free, crafted, and small slice of the game for you to try out that you can get directly from our store as I'm linking here" and "you can just play the full game straight up for a limited amount of time" as what they're providing here.
it was XBLA games only that had to have a demo
but yes I miss that
I don't think this is a demo. It sounds like it's a program to help devs who are developing games (Early Access).
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How is this different from Game Preview?
Guess I'll wait to see the official announcement. Adding demos to my Game Pass subscription isn't all that exciting.
Guess I'll wait to see the official announcement. Adding demos to my Game Pass subscription isn't all that exciting.
I mean, they were already doing it, just on a limited basis with the gold weekends. Every week there's two or three games to play as much as you want to. Some games already had demos and/or trials, all the EA stuff if you're on GPU. Obviously, anything on Game Pass can already be played.
It's really not THAT big of a leap but done in a way that probably makes more people aware.
It's really not THAT big of a leap but done in a way that probably makes more people aware.
Seems different and slightly worse than the plans for PS+ demos for consumers, but it's a great idea and I'm glad to see MS is following Sony's lead.
Funny thing is when I first heard about the demos on PlayStation I thought it was a stupid idea, but I've really warmed up to the idea and think it'll be great as a way for me to try more games and spend more money while hopefully wasting less
Funny thing is when I first heard about the demos on PlayStation I thought it was a stupid idea, but I've really warmed up to the idea and think it'll be great as a way for me to try more games and spend more money while hopefully wasting less
Agreed. However, I understand. It's Tom's and other journalist jobs.
Man, I love this concept of this thing called a demo. You can like, try before you buy. I'm surprised we've never had something like this before.
yeah, xbla of course were forced but i feel like Microsoft also pushed pretty hard for other games to have demos.
In this case it's making things worse, like paying to play online did. If the point of trials/demos is to sell more games, they should be for everyone. Microsoft also already did this with Gold, when they in the 360 generation started locking demos to Gold subscribers for a week. Wasn't good for us having demos locked away behind a subscription then and it isn't good now.
As far as subscription services go, one of fears people often bring up, is that content will start becoming base content or chapters or seasons, where you're eventually forced to pay more on top of the subscription to play something fully. Well, with a demo that's exactly what you're getting. A guarantee to have to pay more on top of the service, if you actually want to play it fully.
Free demos/trials would be cool. Locking them behind a subscription, not so much.
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As soon as I saw game demos being forced on developers by Sony I knew they'd also be coming to Xbox.
It may not be the exact same thing, but I knew it was likely that Xbox would have a response to it. Although I'm still waiting to see how devs handle the demos on PS+.
For the PS+ one, didn't the game trial thing not being announced the way it was rumored kind of debunk that report? You aren't going to be able to trial every game when it launches.
Nah man nobody knows about an event called steam next fest..we only hear about subscription demos!
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