Does anyone have official word on the demo?
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not to continue off topic, but weren't both Lincoln and Johnson Republicans?XBL Gamertag
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Last edited by Pigskin11; 02-27-2008, 12:31 AM.Comment
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The others I doubt would make it past AA ball. In Johnson's case, AA meetings.Comment
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I know.. could you imagine. Senor Brinco should think about including former US Presidents as players in Macho GrandeComment
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Actually theres a little structure for demos on XBL. Demos for XBL are released at 4 AM central time monday-thursday. Sometimes there are exceptions but 95% of the time this is how Microsoft handles demos. Also Arcade games are only on Wedsnday not everyday. Vids, themes and gamerpics are pretty sporatic sometimes even on weekends but demos rarely release on fri-sun because there isnt alot of people working so if theres a bug or something theres not alot of help to fix it. Just a little FYI for everyone.Comment
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Also If you go to majornelson.com he has his site setup to update the minute a demo hits. If you look he always posts them at 2:00 AM Pacific (for me 4am, central) Actually he doesnt update his site for daylight savings so it says 1 Am but whatever.Comment
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Major Nelson, he says this on his podcast every now and then. Plus I stay up late alot and they do release at 4 AM.
Also If you go to majornelson.com he has his site setup to update the minute a demo hits. If you look he always posts them at 2:00 AM Pacific (for me 4am, central) Actually he doesnt update his site for daylight savings so it says 1 Am but whatever.Comment
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Its just nice to have a guideline. Now I know when to look for the demo.
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But the demo a day before the full game comes out is completely pointless. I guess it could be like "renting" the game for free, but you only get 3 innings with two teams and it's not even completely done yet. A demo should be out a full week before the retail version is out.
How many people who don't frequent this site or aren't sports game fanatics do you really believe have a clue what the exact date the game hits stores is? For the majority of people, they will see the demo up, download it, play it, and decide if they want to buy it. If the demo hits that close to the in store date, then it will still fall under an "impulse buy" window, meaning they may get more sales from people who get that initial wow factor and run out and buy the game while it is still fresh on their minds.
Also, if the game is good, there is no harm in releasing the demo well in advance of the release date. If the developers and publisher knows there are issues, they will often hold the demo back or sometimes not even put one out. I am not in any way saying that is the case here, though. I think the delay is just what it is. They were probably running a bit behind and it got sent out for certification a little bit later than they had originally wanted to. It happens. At that point, with it being so close to release anyway, they could have possibly told MS to just hold back a little longer so they could capitalize on the "in stores right now!" crap and get a few extra sales from the impulse crowd-people who may not be inclined to buy the game later, or may move on and buy another game instead.
The bottom line is that the only people, or at least a good amount of them, that really care that much about the demo coming out ASAFP are on this site.Comment
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