Square-Enix wants money for a demo

Yesterday Square-Enix released a demo (at least they announced it as a demo some time ago) and they asked money for it. If you do not put money on the table, you can not play the demo.

[Kurisu]

To be fair to SE, they're not MAKING you pay for a demo. They're making you pay for the Aerith DLC. If you don't want the exclusive Aerith assist character, then don't buy it.

[Kingsora]

But then you can't play the demo ...

[Kurisu]

...

I had to agree to your comment! That didn't even
cross my mind, lol.

*hangs head in shame*

[Stephen5543]

I'm in no way supportive of paying to play a demo, but, in Square's defense, the demo is a prologue to the story in duodecium. A very short prologue, but it's a bite sized version of the game itself. There is no leveling up, but it has a Story mode and a Arcade mode. It also has a list of achievements for you to accomplish, and doing said achievements unlocks items for the full game. Also, you get the Aerith DLC assist character.

But yeah, you shouldn't have to pay to play a demo, but I will say that if you played (and liked) the first game, and you are definitely getting the second one, then this is worth the purchase. Gets you a bite sized version of the game to mess around with that the unlockables in the demo will get you stuff for the full game, and then you'll also have an extra assist character. If you're on the fence, then I don't know what to tell you. I would buy Dissidia used (then return it for a refund) and if you like the gameplay in that then you would like the gameplay in Duodecium (though they added minor things to the battle system, like assist characters)

[Blaine]

It's like GT: Prologue, in many ways. I bought that game, and so did a whole lot of other people, and it was a "demo".

My opinion is that not every demo deserves an admission price. Some of them are earlier code, and not much thought or polish goes into them. But other, proper demos, are a chunk taken right out of the final game, with polish and everything. There's thought put into them, as well as man-power, and in the case of demos like this one, even extra stuff that isn't in the game--it's a prologue. All this costs the dev money, and it's time we, as gamers, stop taking everything for granted and realize devs need to be paid for their work.

So for a "demo" like this one, yeah, it's fair to charge me a few dollars. For your average-everyday pre-gold code demo, no, I wouldn't pay.

[Stephen5543]

@blaine - I never claimed that this demo didn't have enough content to warrant a price tag. I'm just against demos having a price tag on them. I would have preferred them to have a free demo. I did buy it, because I'm getting the game anyways, but I don't want this becoming a trend. If there is a game I never played before, I don't want to have to pay money to try it out before hand.

[animboo]

squenix what a garbage, they are a shell of their former self.

[FailOverFail]

I never knew they released a demo. :/
Isn't the thing they released a prelude to Lightnings Story in the new Dissidia? I'm not sure if it's ripped content from the game you'll be playing, or if it's completely new content to get you set up for D012.

If someone played it, I'm sure they'll know the answer.

[radphil]

It's the prologue to D012.

Honestly with the amount of stuff you're able to do in it, it's worth the $3.

Can you call it a demo? Yea. But from what people say, the stuff you experience on it is not in the full game.

[radphil]

Apparently people love just bad mouthing companies on this site without even thinking.

This isn't a "demo" in how people skew the definition.

Instead it's usually "Screw them" or "**** 'em they won't get money from me"

[ExPresident]

Apparently SE has decided they haven't hit the bottom of the barrel yet?

[CrzyFooL]

I'm not giving SE money for jack shit!

[dalibor]

From a consumer perspective I don't like paying for demos. The problem is somebody has to pay for the bandwidth. So you can't blame game developers trying to make some extra cash, we all need money in order to live in this time and era. Solution? Make internet free for everybody... that would be nice.

[SkolarVisari]

No way am I paying for a demo. The new age is very sad.

[Mista T]

horrible business decision. you want customers to have a taste of what can they have.

what SE is trying to pull is like paying for a free sample at a food court

[DA_SHREDDER]

They couldn't pay me to play their horrendous games.

[SkolarVisari]

Yea it is that bad.

[fady2hotty]

Next company's will expect us to pay them for Trailers, 3$ for SD, 5$ for HD, and 7$ for 3D. Just wait and see.

[DigitalAnalog]

A demo is clearly a 'sample' of a full product. A prologue - however - is not. They should get their terminologies straight. Is this something similar to that Dead Rising DLC? If so, then I approve of it.

-End statement

[Ddouble]

Yea it's a prologue to the main story with unlockable items which you can transfer to the full game as well as the Aerith assist.

People are so quick to dish out hate.

[Capt-FuzzyPants]

Yea its more dlc than it is a demo. It explains what happens right before the game and it is the only way to unlock the Aerith assist character. I wish more people understood that.

[DFresh]

Paying for a demo?

LMAO!

Demos are meant for people to try out the game to see whether or not to buy that game.

I can guarantee you some idiots will buy this demo but others will just rent it.

T_T