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Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: Action
Sub-Genre: Adventure
Release Date: TBA 2008
Additonal Info: Also available on Xbox 360
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: Action
Sub-Genre: N/A
Release Date: Nov 13th, 2007
Additonal Info: None
Developer: Ubisoft
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: Action
Sub-Genre: Adventure
Release Date: Dec 1st, 2005
Additonal Info:
Ubisoft has confirmed that it has no plans to release a demo of its upcoming fourth instalment in the Prince of Persia franchise.
Speaking with Eurogamer, Producer Ben Mattes stated that a demo is "Not planned,” adding, "Doing demos of open-world games is a technical challenge; plus we're not convinced we need to. It's a brand that has some history, some built-in fan-base and we can benefit a little bit from that. Whether you like Sands of Time, Warrior Within or Two Thrones, chances are you're going to love this game because there are elements of all of those in it."
Mattes observed that many game demos are of poor quality, and as a result do more harm than good to the game’s overall success.
"There's just so many awful demos,” he said. "Let's face it, releasing a demo when you also have an E3 version to put together, and you're beta etc... It's not the kind of thing that' s going to allow you to put together a really polished demo.”
"There's a reality of production we have to live with which means if we did put together a demo there's a potential that it wouldn't be at the level we want it to be. Then what are you doing? You're doing your game a disservice by putting it in players' hands before it's ready. Nobody wants that."
Prince of Persia is due out on PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360 later this year.
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Ehh like Emo said he's right I guess. Never really played Prince of Persia before. But if its anything like Assasins Creed I may be picking it up.
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Thats a pity, could have enjoyed this demo lol, wasnt interested in the first place though.
i played sans of time and liked but i think ill wait for some gameplay footage and reviews before deciding.
these companies are really killing me with this nosense about sand box games not being able to have a demo, and for some reson it's always ubisoft first with that naruto game, then assasins creed, now this. Saint's row released a demo and it was a sandbox game; all you have to do is have the demo in a closed off area and toss a few battles and a puzzle in and wallah demo complete
psn id: gingo... i would have liked a demo to try the new gameplay since i'm used to the old PoP but i understand that its difficult to do demos for these types of games
Technical challenge of open-world games...like Burnout Paradise?
PoP was still best on PC in 2D. This is just stupid..
He is right, PoP is a well known game, and gameplay should be about the same, it always has (with some improvements), but really no demo is needed.
@Traveler1990:
You clearly have no idea of development process. You make it sound so easy but I've got news for you... it isn't as simple as you think and for a well known game such as this it would be a waste of developmen power to work on a demo.
@d3athscyth3:
Haze was a new IP, PoP is well known, you cannot even compare. Nobody asked for a MGS or a GTA demo, why, because these are well known franchise that you don't really need a demo for.
I understand what hes saying because certain demos that were released on the psn network were of poor quality or lacked the real essence of the game, but other than that PoP alone is a great game
i suppose hes right if this game have the fist PoP elements in it and play like Assassins Creed this game don't need a demo. since its the same team behind both franchise i trust this game wont be no less then those four games. but i doubt this type of game flop like HAZE, this type of game is UBIsoft type of game. No demo is cool besides its plenty of well none free rome games that don't have a demo like GTA V.C - GTA IV. for the same reason he said "chances are you're going to love this game because there are elements of all of those in it."