Once a staple in the gaming industry, demos have almost completely vanished. Two recent examples show that that is a big shame, as Yannik thinks.
Beta and Early Access – two terms that are closely associated with modern gaming. The former is usually restricted to a relatively small pool of participants if it is a Closed Beta, the latter requires players to purchase access – although to be fair, at a lower price than the eventual 1.0 release usually costs. Cheaper or not, players…