Demo ?

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 September 2nd, 2003, 01:12 AM

so, the demo's septemper 22? i was thinking 1st, because that's when the gold Version is. oh, well.

Richard · #2 September 2nd, 2003, 02:29 AM

That's because those companies have to release demos early because of the retail angle. And not all companies do that. In fact some do the opposite and force you to buy it first before putting out a demo several months lately.

Our philosiphy is we want the demo to be code-wise just like the final game so you get a 100% guarantee that the game will play like the demo does. Major publishers can't always publish it.

Also we have a much longer shelf life cycle. Major publishers have to sell their games in the first few months or they loose their shirt. In our case our sales don't even start to peak until at least 6 months in a release. Sometimes longer.

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Originally posted by gregebowman:

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Originally posted by Richard:
We don't release demos until at least when the game goes Gold. You have to have the game finished to release a demo.

That seems strange, because when you read PC Gamer and the other gaming mags, they get demos of games sometimes months ahead of the release date. NOw, that may be the policy at Malfador, but I can't see releasing a demo after the game comes out as sensible in a business sort of way. You want to entice people to buy the game by teasing them with the demo. That's why I bought SE4 Gold, but that was only after I found out about the game by reading a review in a magazine.

Iansidious · #3 September 3rd, 2003, 11:10 PM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
so, the demo's septemper 22? i was thinking 1st, because that's when the gold Version is. oh, well.

My friend emailed malfador and Aaron replied that the demo would be out the 1st or 2nd week of septemper

gregebowman · #4 September 4th, 2003, 11:02 PM

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Originally posted by Richard:
[QB]That's because those companies have to release demos early because of the retail angle. And not all companies do that. In fact some do the opposite and force you to buy it first before putting out a demo several months lately.

Our philosiphy is we want the demo to be code-wise just like the final game so you get a 100% guarantee that the game will play like the demo does. Major publishers can't always publish it.

Also we have a much longer shelf life cycle. Major publishers have to sell their games in the first few months or they loose their shirt. In our case our sales don't even start to peak until at least 6 months in a release. Sometimes longer.

Since you put it like that, it does make sense. It did seem that SEIV Gold became more and more popular as time went by, just from what I was able to tell from the forum Boards. Let's hope that PC Gamer or some other company does an early review so more people will find out about it as soon as possible.

General Woundwort · #5 September 15th, 2003, 01:49 AM

demo,
demo,
Demo,
DEMO!,
DEMO!...

(feel free to join in the chant until MM relents and releases the demo...)

Iansidious · #6 September 15th, 2003, 04:11 AM

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Originally posted by General Woundwort:
demo,
demo,
Demo,
DEMO!,
DEMO!...

(feel free to join in the chant until MM relents and releases the demo...)

good idea!
demo,
demo,
Dmeo!,
DEMO!,
DEMO!...

Captain Kwok · #7 September 15th, 2003, 04:47 AM

The demo has just been recieved by us testers, so it shouldn't be much longer for you guys. Aaron just wants to make sure any little bugs and errors are squished! After all, he did make a new mini-campaign for the demo!