Hi Josh,
well, I think you have to differentiate between complaints about changes and
real concerns. If someone complains about changed game music, well that's
just a complaint and a matter of taste maybe. But I think on the demo topic
it's not so much that losing demos would be a change, but that this change
would keep quite a few people from buying your games. You can take this
feedback seriously and make something about it, or you simply can say that
you don't care and stop offering demos. Yes, there are people who complain
about every change, but there also are people who have good reasons for the
things they say. And to be honest, I really don't like it to be put with
these ever complaining folks who have nothing better to do in live. I gave
reason for my arguments after all, more reason than just that I don't like
it at least.
Besides, there even are mainstream games who offer demos, mostly the
independant game developers you mentioned do that. And that's because they
wouldn't get so many sales without one, because they are not so widely known
as the big companys like Sony etc. are. That's where their sales come from,
people try their demos, like the game and buy the full version. Even some
big and established companys offer public betas, test builds or sometimes
even demos before they release the full game. And I think it doesn't hurt
them and that this is a good strategy.
Best regards
Sarah
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