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Fable III Getting Episodic [29281]

 
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:30 pm    Post subject: Fable III Getting Episodic [29281] Reply with quote

Fable III will be getting the same episodic treatment as its predecessor after release, with Lionhead\'s forthcoming game to be made available in chapters.
Fable II adopted a similar model, and again Lionhead will be offering up the first hour of its game for free. Fable 3 is scheduled for a simultaneous Xbox 360 and

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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The other thing is you're more likely to satisfying the curiosity of a user rather than entice them to play more."

Is that another way of saying that the user finds the demo a pile of manure! and therefore saves them buying the FULL horse, Peter?

Demos have been around since they were originaly called shareware, (often a third of the game) which you picked up for a mere fraction. After the piss poor sales of Fable previously, Peter has to find a new route to disguise the disappointing garbage -previously he had said that this was the last Fable,etc,etc. blah,blah.... but since joining billy's fan club he's found you can 'sign' fans and count episodic as a sale AND therefore no one can actualy find out how crap Fable# true ending is unless they 'sign up' to all the (how many parts does this appear to be eventualy released in??) and part with their wads.
By the time it sinks in, pete's already covered his losses and you've commited to either binning it or buying it. Laughing
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