Helscream

Banned

• Feb 8, 2012

• #2,401

Yea I am really pissed with the way Sony is and their marketing. You would think that would make at least a minor effort to advertise their exclusives.

 

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10dollas

Banned

• Feb 8, 2012

• #2,402

/Shrug, different companies have different marketing philosophies. Advertising can be very expensive and ineffective for its price. That's why certain companies go light on advertising and channel more of the budget into the actual products itself. Sometimes its best to just make great products and let the reviews/word-of-mouth do the selling itself.

Plus there's multiple ways to get more bang for your buck in promotion that doesn't involve the most expensive form of advertising: TV ads.

A lot of people are under the assumption that throwing money into tv ads, will always automatically be a good decision, but thats rarely the truth.

 

ElRenoRaven

Member

• Feb 8, 2012

• #2,403

In case anyone in here missed it we now have the OT up.

Twisted Metal OT

 

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Deadstar

Member

• Feb 8, 2012

• #2,404

pharmboy044 said:

Jaffe tweeted that the demo should have been active till this Sunday and is looking into why it was not extended.

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I hope it is extended...I was waiting for the issues to be fixed. I was never able to get into a game.

 

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Seventy_X_Seven

Member

• Feb 9, 2012

• #2,405

weekend_warrior said:

That's because most consoles don't release in February. For ~$2-3 million dollars they could have reached millions of people. Fucking ridiculous that they didn't run in ad.

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And for substantially less money they can reach the fraction of those millions of people that actually care.

 

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deejay8595

my posts are "MEH"

• Feb 9, 2012

• #2,406

Can we still play the offline component of the demo?

 

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weekend_warrior

Banned

• Feb 9, 2012

• #2,407

deejay8595 said:

Can we still play the offline component of the demo?

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Nope, I tried to play without being connected to PSN and still got the expired message.

 

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SykoTech

Member

• Feb 9, 2012

• #2,408

Ugh, was it really necessary to make the single player part of the demo expire too?

Boo.

 

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deejay8595

my posts are "MEH"

• Feb 9, 2012

• #2,409

weekend_warrior said:

Nope, I tried to play without being connected to PSN and still got the expired message.

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What the hell!!! That makes no sense at all!

 

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DirtyLary

Member

• Feb 9, 2012

• #2,410

weekend_warrior said:

Nope, I tried to play without being connected to PSN and still got the expired message.

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change your system date?

 

Mikey Jr.

Member

• Feb 9, 2012

• #2,411

One of the worst handled demos I think I have ever come across.

 

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Izick

Member

• Feb 9, 2012

• #2,412

Server problems. Both SP and MP expire a week before the game comes out.

Why do I think Jaffe and ESP had absolutely nothing to do with this demo, besides making the actual game part?

Sony drops the ball on this one.

 

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heynow12

Banned

• Feb 9, 2012

• #2,413

yeah I agree this was awlful for a demo. Not showing the levelling up was a mistake. A bigger mistake was the matchmaking problems. And now it is gone completely...

 

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Shin Kojima

Banned

• Feb 9, 2012

• #2,414

WarPonyDestroyer said:

change your system date?

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Does not work.

 

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Polo67

Member

• Feb 9, 2012

• #2,415

I'm playing the demo and STILL have not been able to connect to 1 game online.. I live on Guam.. but I can connect to star hawk beta, COD and uncharted 3 just fine.. think i might have a final release issue?

 

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BudokaiMR2

Member

• Feb 9, 2012

• #2,416

Wow I have been so busy with work I never got around to even turning my Ps3 on. Finally found some time today to go thru the updates and all.

I just looked all over that damnable store for the demo before figuring the worst.

Oh well.

 

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newjeruse

Member

• Feb 11, 2012

• #2,417

Things I don't understand:

1. Why Sony releases a game that they don't even have enough faith in to advertise.
2. In what world, pulling a demo a week before a game releases makes sense.

 

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Deadbeat

Banned

• Feb 11, 2012

• #2,418

newjeruse said:

Things I don't understand:

1. Why Sony releases a game that they don't even have enough faith in to advertise.
2. In what world, pulling a demo a week before a game releases makes sense.

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Did you know the Vita is coming out soon? I know that ONLY because I read it on GAF. I wouldnt have known otherwise.

Spoiler

Thats one bad thing of many bad things sony marketing has been doing as of late.

 

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Izick

Member

• Feb 11, 2012

• #2,419

newjeruse said:

Things I don't understand:

1. Why Sony releases a game that they don't even have enough faith in to advertise.
2. In what world, pulling a demo a week before a game releases makes sense.

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Because Sony is incompetent in a lot of areas.

I like that they're giving faith in their developers and pumping out 1st party games/exclusives, but they have no follow through unless the game is Uncharted.

I mean, look how bad Sony is doing as a company overall, not just on the video game side. There is a lot of incompetence in the company it seems right now. Maybe Kaz can turn it around though, we'll just have to wait and see.