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ORIGINAL: warspite1

Some people just want an argument......

ORIGINAL: Boomer78
My response wasn't intended to derail the topic, only to highlight how often RPS now resorts to rhetorical grandstanding and esoteric distractions... case in point, rather than review games or even demos as a whole, they chose to zero in on Matrix/Slitherine for lack of demo releases. And in an industry where demos have become an obsolete platform

ORIGINAL: Aurelian

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Some people just want an argument......

I suspect that's the reason for this thread.

Why else bring it up?

Especially using some little known reviewer to bring it up.

I remember the days when computer games came on cassette tapes and protected floppys. There were no demos. Or patches for that matter.

I also remember when game reviewers reviewed the *game* Not bitch about lack of demos or how much they cost.

ORIGINAL: wodin

@Aurelian

Actually Tim is respected by Slitherine.

As for floppies and cassettes..erm..front cover of magazines would come with a whole host of demos either on cassette or floppy. You have a short memory. Blind fanboyism (Something you could call Hitlers cronies..what where they sycophants?) is as repulsive as blind hatred.

ORIGINAL: gradenko_2000

ORIGINAL: Boomer78
My response wasn't intended to derail the topic, only to highlight how often RPS now resorts to rhetorical grandstanding and esoteric distractions... case in point, rather than review games or even demos as a whole, they chose to zero in on Matrix/Slitherine for lack of demo releases. And in an industry where demos have become an obsolete platform

That the article calls out Matrix/Slitherine for not having demos despite demos themselves being an "old" marketing strategy is only because Matrix/Slitherine is only doing the bare minimum of contemporary marketing strategies either - sure, nobody made a demo for Wargame European Escalation, but then Wargame EE has gone on sale multiple times and has even been part of 5-6 USD indie bundles.

Conversely, you wouldn't need to demo War in the Pacific if the entry fee was much much lower.

ORIGINAL: wodin

@Aurelian

Actually Tim is respected by Slitherine.

As for floppies and cassettes..erm..front cover of magazines would come with a whole host of demos either on cassette or floppy. You have a short memory. Blind fanboyism (Something you could call Hitlers cronies..what where they sycophants?) is as repulsive as blind hatred.

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Aurelian

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Some people just want an argument......

I suspect that's the reason for this thread.

Why else bring it up?

Especially using some little known reviewer to bring it up.

I remember the days when computer games came on cassette tapes and protected floppys. There were no demos. Or patches for that matter.

I also remember when game reviewers reviewed the *game* Not bitch about lack of demos or how much they cost.

warspite1

It seems like every 5 minutes there is a "Matrix are the most hideous corporation in the world" threads starting up..... [8|]

ORIGINAL: flipperwasirish

Go further back to the time.when you had to type the
Program.yourself and then hoped it ran. If you were
Good at BASIC you could fix things when the.
Inevitable typo.in the article (the TRS CO-CO)
appeared. Many a frustrating nights I spent, but
it.led to a good career.

ORIGINAL: Aurelian
You want to play? "blind fanboyism?" I'll play. Instead of using some pretty unknown person to complain about prices and demos, why don't *you* step up and do it instead of hiding behind some hack? *That* is repulsive.

ORIGINAL: gradenko_2000

ORIGINAL: Aurelian
You want to play? "blind fanboyism?" I'll play. Instead of using some pretty unknown person to complain about prices and demos, why don't *you* step up and do it instead of hiding behind some hack? *That* is repulsive.

You mean like how the author interviewed two other companies that have both done their own publishing, along with an indie dev that's undergone self-publishing, and all of whom are supporters of demos AND the leveraging of digital distribution sales?

ORIGINAL: gradenko_2000

ORIGINAL: Aurelian
You want to play? "blind fanboyism?" I'll play. Instead of using some pretty unknown person to complain about prices and demos, why don't *you* step up and do it instead of hiding behind some hack? *That* is repulsive.

You mean like how the author interviewed two other companies that have both done their own publishing, along with an indie dev that's undergone self-publishing, and all of whom are supporters of demos AND the leveraging of digital distribution sales?

ORIGINAL: Aurelian

ORIGINAL: gradenko_2000

ORIGINAL: Aurelian
You want to play? "blind fanboyism?" I'll play. Instead of using some pretty unknown person to complain about prices and demos, why don't *you* step up and do it instead of hiding behind some hack? *That* is repulsive.

You mean like how the author interviewed two other companies that have both done their own publishing, along with an indie dev that's undergone self-publishing, and all of whom are supporters of demos AND the leveraging of digital distribution sales?

Quote the whole thing then get back to me.

ORIGINAL: Kineas

I find it very annoying that the whole game industry is bashing Matrix Games. It's more like a value conflict, they just can't accept that some companies think differently. It seems RPS can't find better topics other than Matrix pricing or Matrix demos.