Game Demos cost too much to develop

[Bube]

By "demo", do they mean only the first level of a 20-hour game? That's what demos were in my time

If they're seriously thinking about charging money for something like this, then the gaming industry should close it's doors right now.

[Vampyr]

Would never pay that much for a demo. The time it takes to download the demo is about all I'm willing to spend.

And what is he on about, other industries not having demos? Movie trailers? Amazon lets you read -several- pages out of a book, itunes gives you 30 seconds of a song, software companies give you 30 day trials.

Almost every part of the entertainment industry has the concept of free demos.