Hi all,
I find myself in agreement with Dark on this issue of demos. While I
realize Draconis is attempting to bring the cost down on new and
existing games I'd still prefer to try before I buy a game. Even if a
game is only $10 I don't really have it to spend frivolously. As I am
married, have a family to worry about, etc I tend to watch every
dollar and only pay for things that I am absolutely sure I want.
Sometimes an audio trailer and a brief description isn't enough to get
me to purchase a product.
I'll offer an example here. I do not consider myself much of a Harry
Potter fan. Oh, I've watched the movies, read the books, and for me it
is something I can pretty much take or leave. So I'm not actively
looking for games etc with Harry Potter themes. So something like
Sarah would not attract my attention because of the Harry Potter type
theme alone.
Moreover I heard audio trailers, read descriptions of the game in
early development, and for the most part I blew them off. However,
when I got to play the demo of Sarah I became hooked on the game
itself, and wanted to see more of the castle, see how far I could get,
and it was the demo that convinced me to cough up the money for the
game more than any other factor. So you see even if Sarah had been
$10, which would be more than reasonable for that game, I wouldn't
have paid because I didn't think I would like it until I actually
played the demo.
There have been other cases where my decision to buy or not to buy
have been based more or less on the quality of the demo. If a demo
isn't available I'm going to be less likely to pay for the game unless
I have money to burn and have no prior commitments which is usually
never. :D
Cheers!
On 1/16/13, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
Hi.
As regards demos, I'm afraid I'm a little confused as to your reasoning
that
bringing the price down automatically means you don't need a demo. This
might be true for games such as silver dollar where the over all price is
extremely low and the game is more than simple enough to understand from
an
audio clip, but for something more complex that might not be the case,
indeed there have been several occasions in the past that I only
recognized
the worth of games myself by playing them.
I did not for example think much to the initial idea of audio pinball
from
the audio clips or promotional material. i was not convinced how much fun
the game would be, since from what I heard it didn't seem you had much
tronol over events in the game and had to just hit buttons occasionally.
if you had asked me to hazard even as little as 5 dollars on the game, I
probably wouldn't have done so, since I didn't find the idea appealing
and
being carefull about money, don't particularly like throwing away even a
small amount on something which might not be entertaining for a long
period.
Since however a free demo was available, I had nothing to lose in trying
the
game, and when I tried the game i found the experience of playing the
game
extremely different from my preconceptions, which it turned out were
utterly
wrong. I now regard both esp pinball titles as some of the best arcade
games
available and would highly recommend them to anyone, but that would not
have
happened if I had not had the direct experience of playing the demo
version.
Likewise, I will probably not buy change reaction since I did not enjoy
the
previous demo, but if I had an opportunity to play the newer version and
observe the changes (no pun intended), in the game for myself, that may
well
be different, however I don't particularly feel i have enough money to
hazard 10 dollars on the possibility.
thus, I would suggest that even if it does! take more time in
developement,
any game which is priced more than five dollars due to it's complexity
and
interest really should have some sort of demo available for it,
particularly
for games with a different audio complex, or games that require complex
actions to play.
Most Visually impared people are not particularly wealthy, therefore it
makes sence they be carefull with money. Part of that care will naturally
not involve hazarding money on things just on an offchance, and since
games
are a luxury item, people will need to be extra sure of what they're
getting.
this is why I myself rarely buy a film or tv series on dvd that I have
not
seen before and thus will be certain it is something I will want to watch
through several times, and the same applies to games, which is why I'd
personally recommend rethinking the demo policy, ---- even if not for all
titles.
All the best,
Dark.
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