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Crytek foresees 'the end of free game demos'
Topic Started: Apr 20 2010, 12:50 PM (344 Views)
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CEO Cevat Yerli defends EA’s controversial PDLC strategy, remains unsure on Crysis 2 demo

The CEO of indie studio Crytek has defended EA’s divisive ‘premium downloadable content’ strategy, while also predicting the extinction of free game demos.

In an interview with Develop, Crytek’s co-founder Cevat Yerli said he wasn’t sure that a demo of Crysis 2 was going to be released. He also said demos are "a luxury” that becomes “prohibitively expensive” for game studios to make.

He said: “A free demo is a luxury we have in the game industry that we don’t have in other industries such as film. Because we’ve had this free luxury for so long, now there are plans to change this people are complaining about it. The reality is that we might not see any free game demos in the long term.”

Crysis 2 publisher EA was recently the subject of much controversy for plans to release premium demos “for $10 or $15” before a game’s final release.

That strategy was coarsely criticised across message boards, forums and social networks, yet Yerli believes it has many benefits.

“I read a lot about this, and read about the backlash as well; people complaining that they would essentially be paying for a beta,” he said.

“I think EA’s strategy is interesting, overall. The thing is, every time we see a publisher doing something to improve the industry, making things more commercially viable and actually increasing the market, people instantly think this is only some money-hungry ploy.”

Part of the reason why there was such backlash, said Yerli, was that EA’s plan was not properly explained.

“Yes it is quite unpopular, but this is a messaging issue. The problem with any new strategy like this is it initially may appear as a blood-hungry, money-grabbing strategy. But I think there is a genuine interest here to give gamers something more than a small demo released for free.

“Really, what this is, is an attempt to salvage a problem. The industry is still losing a lot of money to piracy as the market becomes more online-based. So it’s encouraging to see strategies outlined to combat this.”

“I think the whole issue needs to be explained in a better way, because there is good thinking behind EA’s plan. I understand why people are thinking that all EA wants to do is maximise profits out of the audience, but really, what it’s really trying to do is get investment back but while being as fair to the gamer as much as it can. Ultimately, it will be a better deal for the gamer.

Yerli added he wasn’t sure if Crytek were going to release a free demo of the studio’s upcoming FPS Crysis.

“That’s something we need to think about, because we haven’t fully decided on this yet,” he said.

“But whether we do have a demo or not, do I think companies need to release so many demos? I think that we’ll see more and more games not carrying a demo in the future, because it becomes prohibitively expensive.

“Also, given the time pressures in making a demo – in fact given the time pressure of making a quality demo – I think it all becomes really difficult to work with, and I think we’ll see less and less of them in the future.”


So what do you guys think? Would you pay for a demo?
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I read this last week...
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Apr 20 2010, 01:20 PM
I read this last week...

well why didn't you post it last week :P

and what do you think about paying for demos
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Sadly I see this coming true
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This will probably happen but this won't affect me seeing as i don't download demos, but i don't think you should have to pay to play demos.
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PSIress
Apr 20 2010, 01:25 PM
Bagmup
Apr 20 2010, 01:20 PM
I read this last week...

well why didn't you post it last week :P

and what do you think about paying for demos

Cos around the world is your stomping ground, no one else dares make a thread here.
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Apr 20 2010, 04:06 PM
PSIress
Apr 20 2010, 01:25 PM
Bagmup
Apr 20 2010, 01:20 PM
I read this last week...

well why didn't you post it last week :P

and what do you think about paying for demos

Cos around the world is your stomping ground, no one else dares make a thread here.

:rolleyes:
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Crytek forsees the end of videos games and a major increase in tech demos
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fuck no im not paying for a demo. the point of demos is to get a new audience to try your game, not lose people.
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I've never had a demo influence my buy/not buy decision, i already know what games i want and look shit months beforehand.
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