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FFXV demo only comes with first shipment of FF Type-0 HD "Day One" copies
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Cloud Strife
Member
Pretty sure those folks wanted it for PSP/Vita.
I'll be making use of EB's policy for this. With an Edge card, I have 7 days to return the game if I'm not satisfied. So I'll pre-order. If I don't feel Type-0 is worth the $70 (CAD), I'll return it, but only after registering for the FF XV demo.
I don't think a lot of us expected a PSP port to be $70.
I don't think a lot of us expected a PSP port to be $70.
Those people probably have the game preordered. It's the people who have no to middling interest in Type-0 but super interest in 15 who find the condition of having to pay $60 for a demo in the modern day appalling.
And they're right, it is appalling, but SE wants to make money and make sales. I'm not preordering because I don't think Type0 or the demo merits 60 dollars, but I understand the sentiment behind the distaste.
That's understandable then.
And I agree, this shouldnt be a $60 game. It better be damn good for that price tag.
threelights
Member
Threads like this always reminds me that no matter how good FFXV turns out people will still find reason to shit on it, because 'lol square'
Anyway, already played Type-0 for 80 hours, will be getting this version as well, great game.
Anyway, already played Type-0 for 80 hours, will be getting this version as well, great game.
BaraSailey
Member
I already have this preordered because I want Type-0, but it's a pretty scummy thing to do. Good way to sell preorders though.
Shadow_FFVI
Member
Damn it! Preordering.
3DimensionalAperture
Banned
Are you KIDDING ME? In the 90's you had to subscribe to fucking magazines to get many exclusive demos. Those discs weren't limited??
I understand not liking the practice, but pretending this is some new thing is absurd.
3DimensionalAperture
Banned
You should really stop and think about what you write. The reason why companies continue to propagate certain business practices is because people SUPPORT them, so yes, voting with your wallet counts.
While I am highly interested in the FFXV demo just to mess around with it, I'm not sure I can justify paying $60 for a game I already own on the PSP and probably won't have the time to devote for another long-ish game next year as there are better releases coming. Maybe my friend will buy it and I'll just borrow the demo from him if it comes packed in. If it is digital only, I suppose waiting isn't that bad a deal.
Also, even if SE is saying that they will never release a demo of FFXV and are adamant about it now, I can see them releasing it separate if this doesn't generate enough hype for the game because people aren't going to buy a $60 HD remaster of a PSP game. At least ZoE was fun, interesting, and new.
Also, even if SE is saying that they will never release a demo of FFXV and are adamant about it now, I can see them releasing it separate if this doesn't generate enough hype for the game because people aren't going to buy a $60 HD remaster of a PSP game. At least ZoE was fun, interesting, and new.
enanogrande
Member
I was going to buy Type-0... but $60? Yikes, I might have to think that over...
TTOOLL
Member
UtterlyPerplexed
Member
Posts like this from people wondering why on earth some people are complaining - how hard is it to understand why some people may be annoyed at this?
What if some people aren't in any position financially or for any other understandable reason to be able to pick up Type-0 HD super early on for full price?
What if some people are more interested in the FFXV than Type-0 HD itself, and are annoyed that the demo will be bolted onto another game?
Yes, this is not exclusive to Square-Enix. No, this is not the first time Square-Enix have done it (though I don't think they've limited demos to only first prints of a game before). It doesn't mean people don't have the right to voice their ire at this practice, as understandable as it is business-wise.
I personally don't care enough about the demo or Type-0 HD to fork out full price for it at Day 1, so I will happily sit it out and wait until it halves in price. Have fun with the demo, the rest of you.
I'd say it's to counter the Steam Effect
with the speed at which games drop in price now (DA:I was $45 three weeks after it came out), they want to get as many people to pay full price as possible
once the first (demo-having) printing is sold out, i'm sure FFT-0 will be $40 everywhere
DirgeExtinction
Member
Wasn't this known already? I don't see what the big deal is. The only reason most people were gonna buy FF-Type 0 HD was because of the demo. If you want the demo, pre-order. If you don't care about the demo, just wait until the game goes down in price.
threelights
Member
It comes with every first print of the game, normal, CE and digital...
aspiegamer
Member
Word travels quickly.
Was planning on getting it in the first week anyways, might as well pre-order.
Take whatever money you were going to throw at it and throw it in the opposite direction. That'll show em.
Take whatever money you were going to throw at it and throw it in the opposite direction. That'll show em.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
I'm not saying this is a great move to consumers, and there are plenty of people in the thread sharing their "disappointment" which is reasonable. But then you have melodramatic posts like this, polluting most SE threads:
It's tiresome.
Word travels quickly.
One of those was me T_T
AgentLampshade
Member
Hmm, I'm still on the fence about Type - 0, and I really don't like this practice... But I don't think I can resist that Duscae scent.
All this says to me is that they don't have the confidence that Type-0 will sell on its own.
So they have to create artificial demand and a 'rush' for people to get it full-price, on release.
I'll watch the demo on YouTube and wait for the price to come down on Type-0, whether I get a demo code with it or not.
I'm not forking out £40 for a PSP game in HD with some nicer lighting.
So they have to create artificial demand and a 'rush' for people to get it full-price, on release.
I'll watch the demo on YouTube and wait for the price to come down on Type-0, whether I get a demo code with it or not.
I'm not forking out £40 for a PSP game in HD with some nicer lighting.
Stereogatari
Banned
Word travels quickly.
Digital tho.
Plus I doubt this will fly off the shelves in stores.
Brofest? Having a friendship group with 3 slim metrosexual guys is a brofest?
aspiegamer
Member
I think brofest fits. The key here is that it doesn't seem to be a crew of dudebros.
These guys are out on a "bro road trip" or Brodtrip™, as I've just this moment decided to call it. Think more... camping, stopping for photo ops and heading off to face your destiny; Less "YEAH! SPRING BREAK BITCHES!".
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Y'know what SE, keep it. I was gonna do my part and support this game finally getting localised but not when they pull this kind of bullshit.
Lumpy Onion
Member
You are going to miss out playing a cool game to prove a point? Way to stick it to the man!
NoctisVsStar
Member
so im buying Type-0 without having a ps4 sounds legit
ZombiePlatypus
Member
My interest in Type O was shaky to begin with, and when SE exhibits a blatant lack of confidence like this in their own product, it doesn't help matters. I was gonna buy it for the most part to contribute my own drop in the bucket and support them bringing over an RPG(ish?) game on consoles.
I have no obligation to spend my time and cash on this though if I don't like what they're doing. I have a backlog and there's no shortage of other cool games coming out.
How long ago was the 90s? How common were downloadable demos for consoles then? Even PC Gamer did it for almost 20 years.
The demos still weren't in limited quantities, i.e. below normal demand. Issues would go out of print, but they didn't hoard discs.
The reason this company promotes this practice is because they know they can get away with it, though I would argue releasing your demo online from the start and charging half for this (admittedly nicer looking) HD port would go much further overall.
But who fucking makes these charity predictions? Not S-E.