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Curated Demos of Upcoming Games Are Coming to Game Pass


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We're also revealing the first details of Project Moorcroft, a program that brings the fun and discovery of playing new, curated demos of upcoming games to our Xbox Game Pass members.

  • The program will begin rolling out within the next year, beginning with a focus on providing independent developers from around the world more opportunities to build excitement for their games.
  • Participating developers will be able to see how their demos perform, and be compensated, enabling them to bring their creativity to Xbox and reach new audiences with Game Pass.
 

Majukun

Member
would they also come to pc gamepass?
nowadays pc missed on a bunch of public betas and demos because of datamining...but as far as i remember gamepass has a bunch of protections about those things, for better or worse
 

adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
  • The program will begin rolling out within the next year, beginning with a focus on providing independent developers from around the world more opportunities to build excitement for their games.
  • Participating developers will be able to see how their demos perform, and be compensated, enabling them to bring their creativity to Xbox and reach new audiences with Game Pass.


Good.

Opt in for developers who want it, and they get compensated.

No forced shenanigans.
 
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Ozriel

M$FT
wow demos are so new and innovative that they need until next year to develop this feature??

They’re compensating indie developers and select partners to bring demos over. New policies like this take some time to pull together, especially when it comes to ironing out compensation etc.

They’re probably not paying outright, possibly more favorable sharing splits for the devs.
 

adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
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Paid demo’s are cool now!

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False equivalency alert.
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HeisenbergFX4

Gold Member
I love demos because it will let me see if I get vertigo or not but if the game is coming to Game Pass anyhow I don't get the need (unless I missed something as I read through it really quickly)


ryan reynolds hd GIF
 
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anthony2690

Banned
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Paid demo’s are cool now!

I think it is more the fact that demos were tied behind a highest tier subscription that people thought was pretty pants.

I can imagine Xbox would get the same backlash, if they said we are rolling Xbox game pass ultimate+ that will grant you demos.

I rather demos just be readily available without the need for a subscription though.
(like they were prior)
 

Ozriel

M$FT
Will the people bashing sony for doing this bash Microsoft too?
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Paid demo’s are cool now!

You guys did this shit in the other thread when Tom Henderson leaked it. Now bringing it into yet another thread.
Why? You didn’t get it out of your system back then?

For the record, I don’t see anything wrong in Sony’s approach. If devs are being compensated for demos, the cash has to come from somewhere
 
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adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
You guys did this shit in the other thread when Tom Henderson leaked it. Now bringing it into yet another thread.
Why? You didn’t get it out of your system back then?


Like I said in my post above, some folks just love to draw false equivalencies.

There's no requirement for this to be in the highest tier of the sub, and more importantly developers are actually being compensated for it.

This is not even remotely close to the program Sony has.
 
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Swift_Star

Banned
You guys did this shit in the other thread when Tom Henderson leaked it. Now bringing it into yet another thread.
Why? You didn’t get it out of your system back then?

For the record, I don’t see anything wrong in Sony’s approach. If devs are being compensated for demos, the cash has to come from somewhere
Care to quote where I did this? I’m not bashing Xbox, I’m making fun of fanboys. I don’t care about this particular feature but seeing adamsapple adamsapple spinning is fun af. That’s why you should really be careful with what you say.
 
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adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Ok....but that isn't a "false equivalency". Referencing "paid demos" isn't referring to the developer side at all.

They're not mandatory trials for 'all' games, and primarily meant for indie developers.

That's .. what false equivalency is. Trying to draw a parallel between two things that isn't there.
 
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Topher

Gold Member
They're not mandatory trials for 'all' games, and primarily meant for indie developers.

That's .. what false equivalency is. Trying to draw a parallel between two things that isn't there.

The only "parallel" his post made was that it is "paid".

Who is mandating trials for "all games"?
 

adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
But they’re STILL paid demos.

This is not the gotcha you think it is, especially if you've seen my posts in the other topic :messenger_tears_of_joy:



It's preferable if trials were available on all tiers of the subscription, because trials by their nature are demos, not full game accesses that would warrant a higher tier (eg EA Play+ as an example that's been brought up frequently).
 

HeisenbergFX4

Gold Member
I don't get you guys saying they are paid demos when they are included in Game Pass that I already own and then the game isn't going to cost me anything outside of Game Pass if I want to keep playing it

As compared to having to buy the highest tier of PS to gain access to demos of games I then have to buy if I like them

I just woke up and my system is not caffeinated yet but these 2 programs are not very similar imo
 

Swift_Star

Banned
I don't get you guys saying they are paid demos when they are included in Game Pass that I already own and then the game isn't going to cost me anything outside of Game Pass if I want to keep playing it

As compared to having to buy the highest tier of PS to gain access to demos of games I then have to buy if I like them

I just woke up and my system is not caffeinated yet but these 2 programs are not very similar imo
Is gamepass free?
 

Belthazar

Member
They're not mandatory trials for 'all' games, and primarily meant for indie developers.

That's .. what false equivalency is. Trying to draw a parallel between two things that isn't there.

Are you believing that report which was never confirmed? That makes no sense, especially with PS+ very small list of available trials.

The list would've been a lot bigger, as multiple $40+ games were released after the service was made available in Asia. Where are those trials? Seems to me the report was false as usual.
 

adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I don't get you guys saying they are paid demos when they are included in Game Pass that I already own and then the game isn't going to cost me anything outside of Game Pass if I want to keep playing it

As compared to having to buy the highest tier of PS to gain access to demos of games I then have to buy if I like them

I just woke up and my system is not caffeinated yet but these 2 programs are not very similar imo

Yep.

People are drawing needless equivalency for gatcha moments and gifs. In practice these are two different beasts.
 

DeepEnigma

Gold Member
I don't get you guys saying they are paid demos when they are included in Game Pass that I already own and then the game isn't going to cost me anything outside of Game Pass if I want to keep playing it

As compared to having to buy the highest tier of PS to gain access to demos of games I then have to buy if I like them

I just woke up and my system is not caffeinated yet but these 2 programs are not very similar imo
You know damned well the 25 pages of concern and mental gymnastics in this thread, the 'rumor' one yesterday, and now this one by the select... are what's causing this.

Come on. Juvenile and derpy? Yes.

I'm of the opinion, all games should have a timed trial. Whether it's an hour or 5.
 
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I don't get you guys saying they are paid demos when they are included in Game Pass that I already own and then the game isn't going to cost me anything outside of Game Pass if I want to keep playing it

As compared to having to buy the highest tier of PS to gain access to demos of games I then have to buy if I like them

I just woke up and my system is not caffeinated yet but these 2 programs are not very similar imo
Why does a game that you have full and free access to even need a demo? Why would they release a demo for a Gamepass game? Its like releasing a demo for a F2P game...
 
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HeisenbergFX4

Gold Member
You know damned well the 25 pages of concern and mental gymnastics in this thread, the 'rumor' one yesterday, and now this one by the select... are what's causing this.

Come on. Juvenile and derpy? Yes.

I'm of the opinion, all games should have a timed trial. Whether it's an hour or 5.
I don't much care about the flips and flops of warring honestly as I play on all the platforms

I totally agree with you all games should have some sort of demo would help me a lot

Why does a game that you have full and free access to even need a demo? Why would they release a demo for a Gamepass game? Its like releasing a demo for a F2P game...
Its what I said earlier in the thread.

I dont remotely understand releasing a demo for a game thats on Gamepass

The only time I could see it helping anyone is if some Indie Dev just wants to do a trial run of a possible game they were considering putting on Game Pass?

I dunno I think its dumb in all honesty
 
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