18 points

Bring on the rise (return) of demos!

Demos for all!

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Seems counterintuitive to have a full page for a demo :/

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Yeah I thought so, too. But this does come with the pretty big benefit that the demo will have it’s own reviews. Which is cool. I like that. And to be fair, they already showed up as their own entry in search results as if they had a page, they just then also went to the same page.

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I think just having a tab (just below the game description) showing reviews and rating for demos and for the full game, without having a dedicated app ID, should be enough.

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1 point

Oh yeah, definitely.

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I’ve noticed getting a demo installed with proton enabled to kind of an issue. This should solve that, though there are are ways that could be fixed.

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I wonder if this will reduce the “prologue” spam or exacerbate it…

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I don’t know, but this feels like a step back. I haven’t downloaded/played a demo since, like, 2005. There’s usually a gameplay video or review on YouTube that suffices before I purchase something. Ymmv :/

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Demos are good to see how they run on your setup. I prefer to play a demo myself than watch a clip before I buy.

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