Demos Coming To WiiWare... Kinda Sorta
The latest news from the "Why weren't they doing this in the first place?" department has let out that Nintendo is planning on enabling publishers to create and release demos for WiiWare titles through a trial program. No word on which titles will be part of the initial wave or how this will be rolled out, but this can only be a good thing. In an investor Q&A session, Nintendo's CEO Satoru Iwata confessed that the Wii Shopping Channel has a relatively small audience and said that demos may not be the answer, but at least the company is doing something about the issue that seems to mirror issues that Gamasutra/Simon Carless found with the service.
Personally, I can't see this as nothing but a belated positive thing. The more people that get the try out things like Contra: ReBirth, Cubello, Nyx Quest, and (pardon the shameless self promotion) Carnival King, the better players, publishers, and developers will be.
[Nintendo Begins WiiWare Game Demo Trial Program] Gamasutra
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Posted to Video Games on 4 November 2009
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Now if only they could do this with virtual console games. Not all of us had the good luck to be born during the reign of the NES and Genesis, so we only have the word of fans to go on. This often results in a bit of nostalgia skewing their favor.
Dude, emulators and ROMs have been around since the dawn of the internet. :P
Yes, there are emulators and roms, but it would be nice if there was a demo method that wasn't illegal.
Demos more likely turn away folk than entice them I'd imagine, so I'm not really seeing the benefits...