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Steam adds more functionalities to demos. Demos can now have their own page and reviews (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by federino@programming.dev to c/steam@lemmy.ml

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[–] astrsk@kbin.run 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Seems counterintuitive to have a full page for a demo :/

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah I thought so, too. But this does come with the pretty big benefit that the demo will have it's own reviews. Which is cool. I like that. And to be fair, they already showed up as their own entry in search results as if they had a page, they just then also went to the same page.

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think just having a tab (just below the game description) showing reviews and rating for demos and for the full game, without having a dedicated app ID, should be enough.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah, definitely.

[–] Willy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I’ve noticed getting a demo installed with proton enabled to kind of an issue. This should solve that, though there are are ways that could be fixed.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Bring on the rise (return) of demos!

Demos for all!

[–] Localhorst86@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

I wonder if this will reduce the "prologue" spam or exacerbate it...

[–] itsgallus@beehaw.org -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don’t know, but this feels like a step back. I haven’t downloaded/played a demo since, like, 2005. There’s usually a gameplay video or review on YouTube that suffices before I purchase something. Ymmv :/

[–] lastjunkieonearth@lemdro.id 3 points 1 month ago

Demos are good to see how they run on your setup. I prefer to play a demo myself than watch a clip before I buy.