Research has shown that game demos actually reduce the number of sales instead of increasing them, so Bethesda’s taking a gamble here. The idea, I suspect, is to remind the gaming audience that this was a great game they shouldn’t have overlooked.
Dishonored 2 demo trial#
The publisher has recently launched a free trial of Dishonored 2, which gives PC, PS4, and Xbox One owners access to the game’s first three missions. The spring window - which saw incredible games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Nier: Automata, and Horizon Zero Dawn - didn’t give Dishonored 2 any foothold for a post-launch sales boon.īut Bethesda isn’t giving up on the game quite yet. I would suspect that the latter was definitely a factor - a factor that would have been compounded by the fact that the first quarter of 2017 was packed so full with critically acclaimed video games. Perhaps the low sales figures were a reaction to game critics being grumpy that Bethesda refused to provide early review copies, or maybe the holiday season was a bad launch window for this particular type of game. Unfortunately, it didn’t find the market it was hoping for and it ended up selling less than expected at launch.
Dishonored 2 demo Pc#
PC Gamer gave it a 93% and nominated it for their 2016 Game of the Year as well (it won). IGN gave it a 9.3 out of 10 and nominated it for their 2016 Game of the Year (it lost to Overwatch).
Dishonored 2 demo Ps4#
On Metacrtic, the PS4 and Xbox One versions are both sitting at an 88, while the PC version landed an 86. That's not an excuse for screwing up the technical side of a game, but at least they try hard to do something about it.Dishonored 2 was pretty well regarded when it launched back in 2016. Those Arkane guys seem like some really nice people. Wonder whether the initiative came from the publisher or the developers themselves. Now that's unprecedented at least to my knowledge. Well that doesn't change the fact that five months after release the are basically giving away a third of an AAA title which was received pretty well by the press and is arguably an outstanding game. Actually very clever marketing which could drive a large amount of sales in a short amount of time.
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Cautious gamers will try it and if they don't have too many issues, they'll grab it while it's on sale. So this (try it for free), combined with the current 50% sale should get the $$ flowing again. A lot of people want the game but are leery of the problems.
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Problems are definitely better (after the 3rd patch), but there's still issues. Game has gotten a lot of bad press for bugs and serious performance issues right out of the gate. Originally posted by LuCZifer:Really? So that basically means that they are giving you the first three missions for free? Hard to believe. If there are severe performance issues, then I wont purchase it.īut at least now I can see for myself if the problem affects me. There are a ton of games on my wishlist I would buy right now if a demo was available for me to try first as the 2-hour window of the Steam refund just doesn't suit all gametypes and Steam is under no obligation to refund you for every request. It's not that difficult to lock or even remove portions of a game if you're worried someone is going to "crack" your demo. They (the industry) claim that demos died out because of piracy, but I call horse manure on that. I prefer to judge a game by my own wants rather than depend on others to feel the same way I do. I come from an era when all games had demos and I think it's sad that now days you have to buy games on faith or hope that the person reviewing the game hasn't been influenced by gifts/monies/etc to give the game a certain score. Well, I dont know anything about the performance issues.