Wii needs downloadable demos

A major problem I have with the Wii is that it has no demos. At any time, I can hop on XBL or PSN and download demos of upcoming games. I can find out if I'm going to like them from the comfort of my own home, without subscribing to demo disc magazines.

For example, No More Heroes looks interesting. However, there's no demo, so I have no idea if I'm going to like it. It could be fantastic, but I'm probably not going to buy it until it's $20 and I've played everything else out, just because there's no point in taking a chance when I can buy games that I know from actual play that I'll enjoy.

Anyone else find themselves taking fewer chances on the Wii because of this?

I don't know if the Wii's memory could support too many demos, especially with VC and Wiiware titles.

WII WANTS IT . . . . WII MUST HAVE TEH PRECIOUS!

um . . . precious demos. But would'nt that require more hard drive space?

wii needs a lot of things.humber_matus

Agreed.

Not to start a flame war, but I think if the Wii had downloadable demos, no one would buy Wii games, because so many of them are absolute garbage. For games like Zelda and Mario the demos would work great, but for a game like...Carnival Games, there would probably be a lot of people interested in the concept who play a few minigames, decide the game is crap, and then decide not to purchase the game. A lot of Wii games are really almost too simple to demo, because for some people, the demo would be all they'd need of the game.

A lot of Wii games are really almost too simple to demo, because for some people, the demo would be all they'd need of the game.
SeanBond

Agreed.

Not to start a flame war, but I think if the Wii had downloadable demos, no one would buy Wii games, because so many of them are absolute garbage. For games like Zelda and Mario the demos would work great, but for a game like...Carnival Games, there would probably be a lot of people interested in the concept who play a few minigames, decide the game is crap, and then decide not to purchase the game. A lot of Wii games are really almost too simple to demo, because for some people, the demo would be all they'd need of the game.

SeanBond

Not gonna happen, you can't make a demo on 512 MBs of space.

get gamefly. that's a better solution for all systems, cuz even a demo can be missleading.

Not gonna happen, you can't make a demo on 512 MBs of space.

get gamefly. that's a better solution for all systems, cuz even a demo can be missleading.

TacoJelly

They could make them smaller demos or you could put them on a SD card.

Best bet would be like VC games, where you can buy it delete it from your Wii and download again whenever you want. Get a demo, play it a bunch, delete it, download again latter (if you want).