Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern
by webmaven on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:07PM
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> > Everyone everywhere has realized throughout the ages that conversion of anything is higher when you get a demo of the product.
> Apparently not video games. Not many game companies offer demos anymore because they actually hurt sales.
That's interesting. Is that because the demo cannibalizes sales (ie. people have enough fun just playing the demo they don't feel compelled to buy the game), or because the demo undermines the game's value proposition (ie. people don't buy the crappy game because the demo makes the crappiness evident)?
> Apparently not video games. Not many game companies offer demos anymore because they actually hurt sales.
That's interesting. Is that because the demo cannibalizes sales (ie. people have enough fun just playing the demo they don't feel compelled to buy the game), or because the demo undermines the game's value proposition (ie. people don't buy the crappy game because the demo makes the crappiness evident)?