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I think it's time one of you starts an official Super Stardust HD thread! 
Well the PSN Stores were down for a while so I thought maybe they were adding some E3 coverage content, but they've been up now for a few hours and still nothing new.Don't know if this has been posted somewhere already:
Press conference, trailers, videos available for download
SCEA has revealed its plans to offer PlayStation Network coverage of the E3 Media & Business Summit.
Consumers will be able to download E3 content onto their PS3 consoles directly from the PlayStation Store, including the entire SCEA press conference to be held on July 11th. A variety of game trailers, videos, and other editorial content from the show will also be made available.
In addition to the downloadable content available through the PlayStation Network, consumers can follow E3 2007 through daily content on Playstation.com and the official PlayStation Blog.
I don't see anything to get worried over.Duċk;2712398...Does anyone know if we're getting any demos?
I'm getting a bit worried.
I don't see anything to get worried over.
I never read anything about any demos that Sony said would be made available at this time. Personally, I'd want them to finish the games before releasing any demos, as they can end up as a very poor respresentation of the final game... Which is a problem with a lot of demos.
Since when does hinting at a demo imply that it's going to be a few days away?
They said there would be a demo Soon. I don't ever recall anyone saying anything about an E3 demo, or anything else, for that matter.
Just saying, it's nothing to get worried over, considering you still have a great deal of good content to play and watch. Demo's are great, but it's surely not needed all the time, especially with a lot of the E3 content not really being 'up to speed' with consumer standards (the Ace Combat 6 demo being proof of that).
I don't see anything to get worried over.
I never read anything about any demos that Sony said would be made available at this time. Personally, I'd want them to finish the games before releasing any demos, as they can end up as a very poor respresentation of the final game... Which is a problem with a lot of demos.
Since when does hinting at a demo imply that it's going to be a few days away?
Not after, at the same time.Duċk;2712604And you'd prefer demos after the games are released? Really?.
Hard to buy something that isn't available.Yes, they might have bugs that'll be gone from the final game, but they either let me know whether to buy a game, or to skip it.
Hard to buy something that isn't available.![]()
Besides, you even are admitting that a demo will let you decide to buy it or skip it. If the demo is not an accurate representation of the final game you would have been mislead one way or the other... more reasons NOT to want to play an early release demo.
These are all additional reasons releasing early demos is not a very good idea. They certainly risk turning people off by a demo that is not representative of the final game, but even for those that like it, or for demos that are a good representation of the final game, you lose any chance of an impulse sale, and many will just forget about it and move on to something else... especially if they have been able to play the demo.
I know you shop at Costco so maybe it will make more sense if you compare this to the food samples that Costco offers to promote sales of those specific food products. If they offered only samples, but then told you that not only do that not have any to sell you, and that when in a few weeks time they do get them in, they will likely taste different... how do you think that would impact sales?
You see the same thing in the film industry, where trailers are often released well in advance, and because of that many trailers include footage that ends up getting cut from the final print... and rarely will a studio ever let the public see long clips of a movie, because if they, like making a demo of an unfinished game, if the reviews of the working prints are poor, no matter how good the final film is, many will not see it based on those early reviews of the film before it was even finished.
Most importantly though, as a consumer, I want a quality demo that really is representative of the actual game. Anything else is a waste of my time, as I would just as well spend that time playing a real game and wait for the actual game to come out to properly judge it.
Trailers are great at creating advanced interest, demos should be an accurate representation of the game, and encourage impulse sales, so they really shouldnt be released until the game has been released at least thats how I see it.![]()
After asking a question in the general discussion thread I felt I should come here...
Just to get a few things straight...
I can not download the GT HD demo without going through the "Hong Kong" ordeal?
Also, how do you pay for titles in the Playstation store? Credit cards or something?
Thanks for the heads up, I appreciate the help.![]()
Cool, thanks. 👍
You'd think getting those questions answered was pulling teeth or something.
("must spread some rep around before giving it to duck again"... will hit you with rep asap)
With that in mind, I suppose Sony has gone with the best possible security? I mean, putting in credit card numbers over a PS3 browser isn't something I'd be inclined to do without some garuntee of security.
In any case, thanks again.![]()
You mean you would trust any PC browser, which has to work with dozens of different other systems, over a console browser that is designed to perfectly mesh with the server?Cool, thanks. 👍
You'd think getting those questions answered was pulling teeth or something.
("must spread some rep around before giving it to duck again"... will hit you with rep asap)
With that in mind, I suppose Sony has gone with the best possible security? I mean, putting in credit card numbers over a PS3 browser isn't something I'd be inclined to do without some garuntee of security.
In any case, thanks again.![]()
I just noticed. Beat me to it.
No darkness demo for NA but I saw Castlevainia SOTN and its twice as much as the other ps1 games. If they were going to charge $10 they could have ported the 360 version.
Those GT5 trailers look awesome on the bigscreen.![]()
Definitely better than trying to view a streaming feed on the browser.Those GT5 trailers look awesome on the bigscreen.![]()