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Nintendo: No demos required for Wii Ware titles
Nintendo: No demos required for Wii Ware titles
joystiq - February 20, 2008
Submitted by ItachiItachi (463) at 3:55PM PST on February 20, 2008
We've been annoyed with the Wii's lack of downloadable Virtual Console demos for quite a while now, so we probably shouldn't be too surprised that Nintendo has declared games in their upcoming Wii Ware service will not be required to have downloadable demos. Surprised isn't really the world ... slightly miffed is more like it.
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3arthurlucena posted on Nintendo Co Ltd. (NTDOY) at 12:38PM PST on February 21, 2008. RE: Nintendo: No demos required for Wii Ware titlesI think that, instead of have downloadable demos of WiiWare and Virtual Console, Nintendo can provide demos of Wii titles and Nintendo DS. For a fair price the "casual gamer" can taste a bit of Zacky and Wiki, Metroid, Resident Evil, No more heroes and, gradually, raise your status to "hardcore gamer".[ Speaker ] [ Level 17 ] [ Rank: 575 ]bids
2ItachiItachi posted on Nintendo Co Ltd. (NTDOY) at 4:27PM PST on February 20, 2008. RE: Nintendo: No demos required for Wii Ware titles@deftangel,
Ya I agree, not only are you giving up money, with such a small internal storage you are give up space too(ya you can delete and move but its a pain). Nintendo is blowing at implementing online features.[ Oracle ] [ Level 19 ] [ Rank: 463 ]bids
2Laoldar posted on Nintendo Co Ltd. (NTDOY) at 4:10PM PST on February 20, 2008. RE: Nintendo: No demos required for Wii Ware titles@ItachiItachi,
I think two things could change their position on this:
1) Downloadable DS demos are planned for an upcoming Wii channel
2) Demos of Virtual Console games will be included on Brawl.
Depending on how those work out (either in terms of increased sales or by consumer survey response), Nintendo could change their mind.
That being said, I'm surprised they won't have them at launch.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 182 ]bids
2deftangel posted on Nintendo Co Ltd. (NTDOY) at 4:08PM PST on February 20, 2008. RE: Nintendo: No demos required for Wii Ware titles@ItachiItachi,
A bad move in my opinion, Microsoft has routinely said that the mandatory demo helps with the conversion rate. I've been put off trying one or two games on PSN for exactly this reason.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 291 ]bids
23ItachiItachi posted on Nintendo Co Ltd. (NTDOY) at 3:55PM PST on February 20, 2008. Article: Nintendo: No demos required for Wii Ware titlesWe've been annoyed with the Wii's lack of downloadable Virtual Console demos for quite a while now, so we probably shouldn't be too surprised that Nintendo has declared games in their upcoming Wii Ware service will not be required to have downloadable demos. Surprised isn't really the world ... slightly miffed is more like it.[ Oracle ] [ Level 19 ] [ Rank: 463 ]
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I agree, such a system should be in place. They've already announced plans to move forward with DS game demos (similar to what can be found in some retail outlets), and hopefully they'll put out Wii demos as well.
Games like No More Heroes really need to be experienced first hand, not through videos and screenshots. Allowing more players to try them out will increase game sales.