Pitchford: Duke Nukem Forever demo an 'important thing to do'

by Mike Schramm on Sep 6th 2010 7:30PM

So you weren't at PAX last weekend, and didn't play Duke Nukem Forever? Well, then you probably agree with Gearbox's Randy Pitchford when he says that a playable demo for the mythical title is probably "an important thing to do." That's not a confirmation but, now that the cat's out of the bag, the company will start investigating ways to effectively market the game. Putting a demo in the hands of a skeptical audience is a good start, if PAX is any indication.

If you missed it, you might still think of Duke Nukem Forever as vaporware, and remain convinced that Gearbox told PAX attendees that "it would be really funny" if they all pretended the game was playable. Wouldn't it be nice to lay your extremely paranoid fears to rest?

Source: VG247

Tags: demo, duke-nukem, duke-nukem-forever, gearbox-software, microsoft, pc, playstation, ps3, randy-pitchford, xbox

Reader Comments (61)

I'd buy the demo for this game if I had to

@Doctor Who

Don't say that D:

@Premature ejaculation man

Why? Gearbox is a cool game company, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't charge for one (this isn't Activision or Microsoft). Besides, I really would pay for a demo for this if I had to. I've been waiting for this game for years

@Doctor Who
Then you're a sucker. The game developers need us. If we didn't buy their games they wouldn't have jobs. So giving us a demo should be an instant requirement for any game. If there's no demo, then there's no reason to buy the game. Charging for a demo would make sure that I never buy any of their games ever.

@Themoreyouknow

I would personally prefer to buy the demo because if it sucked then you haven't wasted $50/£40 on a game brand new have you..

Dead Rising 2 : Case Zero is a perfect example of a game demo..
Not only can you transfer stuff over to the full game but the game only cost's 400MSP for a game/demo you can play over and over..

It's not like the demo for the first Dead Rising where all you could do is kill zombies and barricade yourself in a store..

It's better it's just like a full preview to the second game with elements of the game it has it's own story and is a prologue to the full game due out in September..

And for 400MSP it's worth it..

@Themoreyouknow

Dude, I'm pretty sure that by saying he would pay for the demo, he is conveying his large amount of excitement for the game. Who the hell said he wouldn't buy the main game as well? Why is he a sucker if he is willing to pay for a taste of the game before the main game comes out? He just sounds like someone who will enjoy the demo immensely and enjoy the full game even more once he pays for it.

@Doctor Who
Paying for a demo is called renting. It should stay that way.

@Frostblade10

because thats the same thinking that got DLC...

@PedoJokerBear

Oh... I apologize, didn't think of that. I'm just really excited for this game

@Themoreyouknow I think he was just expressing his enthusiasm for finally getting to play the game. Chill.

@Doctor Who

Well when EA and THQ start doing that in addition to the 'Online Pass' BS, we'll know who to thank. :/

of course, its deferentially necessary... mainly because I know soo many people who still don't believe it

Demos for games are important?

Huh, I never thought about it that way.

Duke Nukem' s never been huge on multiplayer, which is a necessity in today's gaming world. I wonder what they have in store?

@(Unverified)

You shoot people, they shoot you back. Whoever dies less, wins. The end. :P

@(Unverified)

I really wouldn't mind if it didn't have multiplayer. The single-player mode is what will make me buy the game.

Stripper gun to turn enemies into strippers
Chloroform gun to knock out strippers
Romantic teleporter to teleport you and the stripper to a sunset where you can put the "sensual" back into "non-consensual" /explosm

I don't really expect a serious style multiplayer

@Premature ejaculation man

This would make this a day 1 for me. Maybe even a preorder.

@Grey
Buy for single player, Stay for Multiplayer

@(Unverified)

wow really??? how young you kids are... i remember when there wasn't online multiplayer AT ALL... we had 28.8 or 56 k modems and there definitely WAS multiplayer in Duke Nukem 3D, not in the way you think of it now though. We had to access the SETUP.EXE file, configure DOS, enter router numbers, IP's and all sorts of info.... stuff we all take for grated now.

so yea I feel old, thanks.

@(Unverified)
Umm, seriously I spent more time playing Duke Nukem 3d Multiplayer than Doom, Warcraft 2 and Red Alert combined. It was the most fun I've ever had. Plus, it was extremely popular and gave that game legs long after Quake arrived. So, please just shut up because you clearly don't know what you're talking about.

@(Unverified)

urinal deathmatches

kids just don't know how lucky they are

@(Unverified)

Duke Nukem? Never big on multiplayer? One of my high school friends got the nickname that we STILL call him to this day because of an incident in one of our many Duke Nukem 3D deathmatches.

Or, as we used to call them back then, "modem games." :P

@(Unverified)

I am going to have to agree with all the people praising DN3D's multiplayer. It was an absolute blast. Some of the most fun I have *ever* had with a multiplayer game. What make it so great was the wide variety of weapons and toys that meant there was more to it than just shooting each other. Pipe bombs, laser trip mines, shrink rays, jet packs, etc.

Lol

I heard the demo sucked
I'm not looking forward to it

@Fail57
Gearbox actually has very little to do with the development: the good majority of the game was done by 3D Realms and most of the rest was completed by Triptych (a dev that has a good number of ex-3DR employees on board) when development at 3DR went under around 2009.
Gearbox mostly is doing porting and polish.

http://talkinrealatyou.blogspot.com/2010/09/ride-continues.html
blog of an ex-3Dr employee

@original fred
I fail so hard at replying that someone should just take my computer away.

I really don't care about the game. I think it is going to suck.

Gearbox hasn't done anything besides Brothers in Arms and ports, one good game does not a studio make.

@Ellimem ...Borderlands?

@Ellimem
Borderlands begs to differ.
Valve does too (there was a time when it was a one-good-game-studio, good thing most folks don't have your attitude).

@Rollins Borderlands was pretty boring. I gave it 15 hours and it was pretty basic.

@Ellimem "I think it is going to suck."

I think this is DNF's greatest advantage. Everyone is setting their expectations so low that, once it comes out, everyone's gonna be all "hey, hmm... this isn't as bad as I thought it would be. As a matter of fact, this might very well be... *gasp* FUN".

@Ellimem
Gearbox actually has very little to do with the development: the good majority of the game was done by 3D Realms and most of the rest was completed by Triptych (a dev that has a good number of ex-3DR employees on board) when development at 3DR went under around 2009.
Gearbox mostly is doing porting and polish.

http://talkinrealatyou.blogspot.com/2010/09/ride-continues.html
blog of an ex-3Dr employee

@Vaitork Very possible. Pre-release thoughts are just that.

And lol at the people who use the + - because someone disagrees with them.

@Ellimem

Isn't that what they're for...?

@Ellimem

You really spent so little time in Borderlands? Its one of only a few games i've ever played where the moment i finished the game, within a minute i'd started again. Finished it 3 times in 2 weeks, love it.

Don't get too hyped up, guys. It'll take 20 years just for them to release it.

Demo or it didn't happen, I say! =)

Yes please give us a demo so we can figure out why Duke Nukem should have died.

Had he released a demo for the PC version of Borderlands nobody would have bought it.

@Wag

I would have. In fact, I bought the 360 version and now also possess the PC version as well. I just loved the game that much!

@sonicspike41 I would have bought Borderlands a lot sooner myself if there was a demo for it.

@sonicspike41

The PC version of Borderlands was a poor console port at best and was broken even though Randy Pitchford kept stating that the PC was the leading development platform. The FOV for widescreen was broken, you couldn't crouch properly, etc, etc. Things they haven't fixed to this date- only end users fixed.

Had they released a demo I'd say 1/2 or more of their PC preordered would have cancelled immediately.

@Wag

Actually I played the PC version on my widescreen laptop and it looked and ran fine. I had no issues at all (and I'm currently a level 38 facing Krog if I remember right).

I'd play it more, but it's no fun alone and I only know one other person who owns it for pc.

Stop blowing things out of proportion for the game. It's not anywhere near as bad as you make it seem.

The "important thing to do" is create a good marketing campaign to draw new gamers to the series.

Because most who were interested in this game have probably died of old age.

Ahhh he'll yeah!
I want to play this asap

I am excited for this game now that they have a company who knows what they are doing and sittiing on their collective asses i do hope they have a demo to play before it comes out next year i played the old duke nukem games "born to be wild"

I am excited for this game now that they have a company who knows what they are doing and not sitting on their collective asses i do hope they have a demo to play before it comes out next year i played the old duke nukem games "born to be wild"
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Pitchford: Duke Nukem Forever demo an 'important thing to do'

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