Xbox All-Nighter - Brink - April 16, 2011

(trigg3r) #21

(3Suns) #22

Thanks for steppin’ in and clearing things up, badman. :stroggtapir:

Actually, I never doubted the release dates - I just figured a demo wasn’t too much of a stretch considering SD has spent most of the past year polishing and balancing a mostly finished game, rather than crunching major content to the last minute. DICE’s BF:BC2 360 demo was wildly successful. I played the single level demo exclusively from the day it was available until they took down the servers just before release of the game proper. Having never played a BF game, I wouldn’t have purchased BC2 had it not been for the demo. I assumed it was just more CoD stuff. Wow, was I wrong. I wonder how many people will be passing up Brink because they think is it just another TF2.

Anyway, can’t wait until I can play the game.

(General Wolfens) #23

LoL. :stroggtapir:

(Jess Alon) #24

[QUOTE=3Suns;270942]Thanks for steppin’ in and clearing things up, badman. :stroggtapir:

Actually, I never doubted the release dates - I just figured a demo wasn’t too much of a stretch considering SD has spent most of the past year polishing and balancing a mostly finished game, rather than crunching major content to the last minute. DICE’s BF:BC2 360 demo was wildly successful. I played the single level demo exclusively from the day it was available until they took down the servers just before release of the game proper. Having never played a BF game, I wouldn’t have purchased BC2 had it not been for the demo. I assumed it was just more CoD stuff. Wow, was I wrong. I wonder how many people will be passing up Brink because they think is it just another TF2.

Anyway, can’t wait until I can play the game.[/QUOTE]

With a good demo this is exactly what I think would happen. IF they have a demo. They will hide it til release… because they want to blow your damn mind the day it releases.

(Otto) #25

I’m sure it’s been asked many times before, but if not a public demo, what about something alone the line of access to a closed beta for pre-order’s?

(LyndonL) #26

That’s pretty much against the point of a demo. Demo is to bring in new customers.

(Jess Alon) #27

Knowing splash damage any demo they release would be completely immaculate. Not some beta. It would suck in new people to pre-order the game and put money in their pockets.

(Maawdawg) #28

A beta and a demo are completely different things though so you can’t really say “not some beta”. Part of the problem is gamers (and some game companies) have confused the purposes and reasons behind the two. A demo is a small representation of the final product to grow the audience before release. A beta is an unfinished product given to gamers for testing to improve it. Far too many companies are using betas as flat out marketing tools and glorified demos now, for my taste, and it has led to gamers trying a beta and assuming it is what the final game will be (like a demo) and rendering a purchase decision on an unfinished product, and on the other side created the expectation for demos to be released far earlier.

I would be surprised to see a demo (if there is one) before a “Brink has gone gold” announcement, which probably won’t happen until the last few weeks before release at earliest, if I was going to hazard a guess. If I was working for Bethesda or SD I would want to drop the demo a couple weeks before the game launches and a few days before Duke Nukem hits (5/3) if possible. That is your main FPS competition in your launch window so get a taste of your game out out right before their launch day to steal some thunder. Draw interest in your product while eroding interest in your closest direct competition in the marketplace.

But that is just me… :smiley:

(JeP) #29

Stop rising my hidden hopes of getting my hand on the game before the release date, please !

(3Suns) #30

MS changed the games listing. I now reads Halo:Reach (followed by Portal 2).

Move along. These aren’t the games you are looking for.

Dang.