» Fri Dec 31, 2010 2:10 pm
PS3 should get a demo. Every platform has gotten a demo except for the PS3. What kind of message does that send to the consumer? Now I understand that there may be reasons for not having a PS3 demo (technical issues, Microsoft exclusivity deals,...etc) but the lack of information is simply infuriating. There has been no comment by Crytek on this subject, NONE. They havent said a single thing and have simply ignored the issue and again I fail to see why. If you can't do it, say so; If you might do it, say so; if you wont do it, say so! Say something because the feeling of being ignored is horribleI agree completely with this. Whatever the reason, this is a case where silence is not golden. If it's to do with technical issues, there's nothing they can do to preserve sales numbers. We on the forums are the informed consumers, and almost every sale they get on the platform will be from people like us... people who don't pre-order if they haven't seen anything, and won't purchase it at all if it's technically inadequate.
If it's to do with marketing contracts, then just say so for christ sake, honestly. That way I don't have to sit here and whine like a little kid that can't have his toy. More than anything, it's a little on the disrespectful side. They are no doubt hard at work and I appreciate them trying to deliver a great multiplatform title, but if developers should know one thing about its userbase, it's that they are easily offended.
I don't feel like they're remaining silent to intentionally bother me, but it is beginning to bother me. Who makes an "equal" multiplatform game and gives a demo to 2/3 systems? Bulletstorm had a demo recently, notice how it appeared on both platforms, so did Dead Space. I wasn't planning on getting either, but the demos are fun, the versions are equal, and they delivered a demo to both platforms. Not much more to say than this is the model to follow. Both console userbases are practically the same size now and it makes no sense to leave almost half of the potential customers in the dark.
I'm trying to not sound like I'm entitled to anything, because I'm not, but I think I'm within the boundaries of being allowed to complain about something like this.