Topic: Demo Discs

[ThePerm]

a little birdy told me demo discs may be on the way, and be fairly common place

[MarioAllStar]

Discuss.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Big fat liar.  TO THE FRYING PAN WITH IT.

Nintendo doesn't believe in demos cuz demos lead to bad press early on for their worthless non-games which will destroy any hype machines Nintendo plans to establish for their blockbuster rehashes they have planned for the remainder of the year and business quarter spilling into next year causing slow-down of their money printing operations creating difficulty to fund sinkhole never-ending projects like SUMABURA that are constantly delayed and won't see a release until fall 2008 to coincide with a second string of failed demo discs which are released to erase the memory of the previous years' demo discs that failed to generate interest much in the spirit of previous demo disc disasters in the GameCube generation where Nintendo generally INSULTED ITS FANS by requiring they subscribe to a year of a crap magazine or buy a new $99 GameCube system provided that the customer was lucky enough to live in an area that had a store to stock these discs while at the same time creating great distrust among the sophisticated elite gaming media and other modern gamers who shared their thoughts regarding publicity disasters such as this considering demo products should be EASILY OBTAINABLE and ACCESSIBLE to the masses unlike the recent garbage demo reels Nintendo currently has in the form of "non-kiosks" cuz the plain truth is these Wii kiosks don't really offer anything to play since they're just demo videos being RUN OFF OF A FLASH MEMORY MEDIA PLAYER meant to deceive the buying public when in fact there is no Wii system connected to the display television in the first place killing any hopes of "try before you buy" opportunities that more successful companies aptly know how to employ unlike Nintendo's flawed demo disc exercising their tyrannical "buy before you try" tactics which force their customers to think they might be getting a good deal despite the STUPID REALITY the customer must first "pay for the priviledge to try something new" as if it's some kind of reward for being a "loyal customer" which can't be the case this time around since Nintendo lost most of its TRADITIONAL GAMERS in the process of ruling the industry with an audience of NON-GAMERS who most likely won't be suckered into the phail tactics of pre-ordering vaporware like Smash Bros. Brawl for the PRIVILEDGE to try a 3-minute trial stage of MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES and other 3rd-party titles that would greatly benefit from theoretical exposure had Nintendo possessed an EFFING CLUE how to distribute demo discs let alone manage to produce enough Wii units for the world or even hype the now-forgotten METROID PRIME 3 thanks to brilliant non-marketing tactics ensuring the world would stop caring 2 weeks after the game's release revealing how a good DEMO DISC DISTRIBUTION program would have given the game the exposure it deserved in an otherwise sensitive Wii market that does not reward REAL GAMERS' GAMES that Nintendo tries so hard to release yet is unable to sell it to anyone since they KILLED OFF all the REAL GAMERS in their audience by doing a shittee job giving away demo discs in a generation where its customers still cared (then stopped caring) about the company.

Demo discs are on the way? To who? IT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE TO POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS CUZ THERE'D BE SOME RIDICULOUS AND COCKY REQUIREMENT INVOLVED TO OBTAIN THEM.

Someone proof-read the above.

[Shift Key]

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Someone proof-read the above.

No, because your posts are normally one sentence, not one WALL OF TEXT.

[Kairon]

T'would be awesome to see, but I sorta get the feeling the demo disc will contain demos of 6 month old Nintendo games principally...

[ThePerm]

http://www.warioworld.com/licensing/demodiscs/

[Berto2K]

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Originally posted by: WarioWorld.com
Quantity: Minimum order quantity: 1,200
Maximum order quantity: 3,600

Sounds more like for retail outlets, not end consumers.

Moving on!

[that Baby guy]

Hey, while we're at the official site stuff, I'm looking for Nintendo's retailer site.  Anyone know it?

[Ian Sane]

Nintendo was super restrictive about demo discs on the Cube.  If they weren't willing to follow standard industry conventions when they were getting their ass kicked and were in no position to be trying to force needless restrictions on anyone, why would they suddenly now change their mind?  Nintendo plays hardball even when they've have no influence and no power and supporting them is doing them a favour.  So now that they actually do have power and can afford to be stubborn dickhead Nintendo every once in a while I expect them to do so.  They hate demos, the Wii sells out everywhere, so there's not going to be demos or at least not in a way we expect.

If Nintendo does demos I expect it to be something we can't keep.  They like how on the DS the demo disappears when you turn the system off.  If we can keep playing the demo for all eternity they think we won't buy the full game.

[ThePerm]

" If we can keep playing the demo for all eternity they think we won't buy the full game."
which is why i still havnt bought Nights, the og demo, and the xmas demo..if they didnt save and have a good rewards sytem, i might have jsut moved on.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

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Originally posted by: Professional 666
Someone proof-read the above.

No, because your posts are normally one sentence, not one WALL OF TEXT.

That wall of text is one sentence.

[Mashiro]

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Originally posted by: Professional 666

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Originally posted by: Shift Key

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Originally posted by: Professional 666
Someone proof-read the above.

No, because your posts are normally one sentence, not one WALL OF TEXT.

That wall of text is one run-on cluster f*ck of a sentence.

Fixed.

[Infernal Monkey]

Demo discs? What is this, 1977 ?!?!?!?! Space Invaders demo COMIN'.  

[Michael8983]

Nintendo isn't as stubborn as people seem to think.

Sure Nintendo hasn't traditionally done demo discs but they haven't traditionally done online play either and look what's happening.
People who think Nintendo will never do demo discs = same people who were convinced Smash Bros Brawl would never go online.

[NeoThunder]

Nintendo clearly has warmed up to demos or else they wouldn't have DS download stations in a bunch of stores

Stations that have DS demos and videos of DS games as well as Wii games

[Ian Sane]

"Nintendo clearly has warmed up to demos or else they wouldn't have DS download stations in a bunch of stores"

It's not about demos it's about demo DISCS.  You keep them.  You can't keep a demo in a store display.  You can't keep a temporary download to your DS.  Nintendo doens't want you owning a demo for fear that you won't buy the game because the free demo disc satisfies you enough.

[Infernal Monkey]

It's true, Metroid Hunters First Hunt satisfied me enough that it was yet another horrible Metroid game!

[UncleBob]

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
"Nintendo clearly has warmed up to demos or else they wouldn't have DS download stations in a bunch of stores"

It's not about demos it's about demo DISCS.  You keep them.  You can't keep a demo in a store display.  You can't keep a temporary download to your DS.  Nintendo doens't want you owning a demo for fear that you won't buy the game because the free demo disc satisfies you enough.

You can keep the demos... you just have to buy the carts from eBay.