2023 noticed two giants pillars within the preventing recreation world get two new entries with Road Fighter 6 and Mortal Kombart 1, so in 2024 it’s now Tekken 8’s flip within the preventing recreation highlight.
Forward of its launch on the finish of this month, gamers can obtain a demo of the sport to moist their toes, one thing that recreation director Katsuhiro Harada says has finished greater than end in constructive suggestions from followers.
The demo has actually helped improve pre-orders for the approaching preventing recreation, with Harada saying on Twitter that pre-orders are “steadily rising” for the reason that demo’s launch.
Harada additionally confirmed that points gamers could also be experiencing now within the demo received’t be there within the ultimate launch of the sport.
“The TEKKEN8 demo, which is now obtainable, has attracted very constructive suggestions and preorders are steadily rising. Thanks all on your assist. And we will likely be fixing the issues discovered within the demo model within the full product model. Please await some time for the discharge.”
It’s not completely the most important shock that pre-orders are rising due to the demo, but it surely does present the worth of what a demo can do for a recreation forward of its launch.
Demos was once an enormous factor for video games again within the PS3 and earlier generations, however they’ve since change into fewer and much between.
There’s loads of causes for why, with a big a part of the blame going to improvement schedules not permitting the time for a demo to be sliced out and made obtainable to gamers, and a few video games undoubtedly profit from a demo greater than others.
Tekken 8 nonetheless is the type of recreation that advantages tremendously from having a demo obtainable, and it’ll be attention-grabbing to see how large of a launch week Tekken 8 has, partially because of the demo.
Supply – [Katsuhiro Harada on Twitter]