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Five Games You Probably Bought Because They Came With Demos For Other Games

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD is coming packaged with a demo for Final Fantasy XV, and it's likely many will buy the PSP remake just to get a taste of what's coming next for Square Enix's most popular franchise. This isn't the first time a publisher has used the incentive of a demo for a highly anticipated game to help sell another title. Here are a few games that used the same tactic.

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GokuSolosAll3335d ago

Incentive, sure, but ndver bought a game just for the demo. That's stupid.

ArchangelMike3335d ago

I bought Zone of the Enders just for the Metal Gear 2 demo that came with it. I played that demo alot more times than the actual game - TBH I didn't even like Zone of the Enders. But Metal gear Solid 2 went on to become my most played game at the time - until Metal Gear Solid 3 came out with multiplayer :)

Spotie3335d ago

I got ZoE for ZoE. Could not have cared less about the Metal Gear demo.

Speaking of which, where the hell is my ZoE 3, Kojima????????

Baka-akaB3335d ago

Obviously to each their own , and those bundles exists for people like you ... but i quite dont understand the mindset .

Chances are if you even willing to purchase , and at the cost of a new game , a demo ... you're already a 100 Garanteed buyer when the game is released and dont really need such demo

Jonny5isalive3335d ago

ZOE. I loved that game tho so it was cool.

Lord_Sloth3335d ago

Getting Type 0 HD for Type 0 actually. The demo is a nice bonus.
Got Dogma specifically for Dogma because I fell in love when my uncle let me play it.

Never purchased the rest of them though I have played both ZoE and the MGS2 demo. Loved both of them.

paranoid19713335d ago

I'm pretty sure everybody who bought crackdown on the 360 only did so to get into the Halo 3 beta.

mrdxpr23335d ago

My brother bought crackdown for the beta. And I ended up loving crackdown. I spent so many times on his 360 cause of it. Now crackdown 3 is making me want a Xone just good series in my opinion.

Neonridr3335d ago

I definitely bought it for the Beta. But I was glad I did because Crackdown turned out to be a great game.

Taco_Waffle3335d ago

A lot of people bought Tobal #1 to play the Final Fantasy VII demo.

MasterCornholio3335d ago (Edited 3335d ago )

Anyone remember MGS2 which came with a demo with Snake in it?

Almost everyone who bought that game bought it for the tanker demo.

LOL

Kidding. Anyways I never bought a game to play a demo before but I always appreciated the inclusion of a demo.

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The 5 best video game adaptations of popular board games

Discover our top video game adaptations of popular board games, from Bloodbowl to Wingspan & get your board game friends into video games!

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Giblet_Head1d 8h ago (Edited 1d 8h ago )

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.

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Indie hit Dredge is getting its own movie adaptation

Rob Webb of KnowTechie writes: We're still waiting on the details, but this video game adaptation promises to be seriously creepy.

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