Trials - Why not?

MrG8

How come some MMORPGS like Global Agenda and Star Trek Online doesn't give us the opportunity to try the game out before we decide whether to buy it or not?

Do they got something to hide?

Beacause I don't require a long trial I just want to get to know the game better, better then I do from videos and screenshots because they can be very delusive sometimes giving us a whole other picture of a game.

For example, you can easily make any bad movie appear awesome with a great well made trailer, dont you agree?

Well its sad because I think I would like Global Agenda and Star Trek, but I wouldn't go buy the game and pay for a month just to try it out.

 

Kabaal

MMO's tend not to have open trials soon after release, why would they? In the first 6 months they have their burst income from box sales, after that it settles down and trials won't impact their profits so much and can often have a positive effect on them through gaining new subscribers. I'm thinking of STO when i'm saying this as i never cared much for GA anyway.

 

People who bought the collectors edition of STOgot free trials to give out with their box, this is as much as you can expect from any game this close to release. Your gripe seems to be that you want it and you want it now, for free. Waiting for a trial is the norm, you can either wait like you would have to for any other game or buy it.

MrG8

Originally posted by Kabaal


MMO's tend not to have open trials soon after release, why would they? In the first 6 months they have their burst income from box sales, after that it settles down and trials won't impact their profits so much and can often have a positive effect on them through gaining new subscribers. I'm thinking of STO when i'm saying this as i never cared much for GA anyway.
 
People who bought the collectors edition of STOgot free trials to give out with their box, this is as much as you can expect from any game this close to release. Your gripe seems to be that you want it and you want it now, for free. Waiting for a trial is the norm, you can either wait like you would have to for any other game or buy it.
 

 Well yeha I guess I just have to wait. Yeha I want to try it now, dont want to wait for 6 months until the trial comes out.

There is so many good games comming and I'm waiting for THE one MMORP So I want to try them all out!!

knighthonor

A lot of MMOs would have died if they did that.

 

ummm, maybe we wouldnt have so many WoW clones then