locallyunsceneFeeder of TrollsJoin Date: 2002-12-25Member: 11528Members, Constellation
edited October 2009
<!--quoteo(post=1732591:date=Oct 17 2009, 10:45 AM:name=Crispy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Crispy @ Oct 17 2009, 10:45 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1732591"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->For the consumer, perhaps. I can't remember the source but apparently (specifically pre-release or day 1) demos/betas actually hurt sales figures more than anything else.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Yeah I was reading about that recently too[<a href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/17/0339230" target="_blank">found it</a>]. The article was a bit "chicken or egg" in my opinion. It mentioned that demos hurt sales of some games, but most of the games in question were not "the best games ever" either. The only game that I would think makes a good case for demos always hurting sales is Little Big Planet. But, IIRC, LBP didn't sell poorly, it just didn't get the same numbers as the free beta which is a bit "duh" IMO.
I think it would be beneficial if you went into more depth with your gameplay questions. I understand that your first survey wasn't meant to be of great size, but I would like some questions like these to be asked:
Community: Was the Natural Selection community easily joined? Did you choose servers with mods over unmodded servers? Was introducing friends to Natural Selection easy? Do you feel the learning curve in Natural Selection is too steep? How much would you be willing to pay for this game? Are you more interested in: A. Rushing/pushing the game into Alpha sooner B. Waiting a little longer still so the Alpha is more completed C. Waiting for the Beta
Gameplay: Did you feel the game was balanced? What was your most played class? Which team did you feel was the strongest in the end? Were you booted from comm the first time you tried it?
Feedback for the creators: Are you currently happy with how the game is shaping up? Are you currently happy with the release date and how this is shaping up?
A few more should have been in there, but by the time i got to writing them, i had forgot what i was going to write.
P.S. Love your work OP. A survey is exactly what I needed hehe
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Yeah I was reading about that recently too[<a href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/17/0339230" target="_blank">found it</a>]. The article was a bit "chicken or egg" in my opinion. It mentioned that demos hurt sales of some games, but most of the games in question were not "the best games ever" either. The only game that I would think makes a good case for demos always hurting sales is Little Big Planet. But, IIRC, LBP didn't sell poorly, it just didn't get the same numbers as the free beta which is a bit "duh" IMO.
Community:
Was the Natural Selection community easily joined?
Did you choose servers with mods over unmodded servers?
Was introducing friends to Natural Selection easy?
Do you feel the learning curve in Natural Selection is too steep?
How much would you be willing to pay for this game?
Are you more interested in:
A. Rushing/pushing the game into Alpha sooner
B. Waiting a little longer still so the Alpha is more completed
C. Waiting for the Beta
Gameplay:
Did you feel the game was balanced?
What was your most played class?
Which team did you feel was the strongest in the end?
Were you booted from comm the first time you tried it?
Feedback for the creators:
Are you currently happy with how the game is shaping up?
Are you currently happy with the release date and how this is shaping up?
A few more should have been in there, but by the time i got to writing them, i had forgot what i was going to write.
P.S. Love your work OP. A survey is exactly what I needed hehe