That’s right, Xbox 360 users. The Dante’s Inferno demo hits the PlayStation 3 two whole weeks before it hits the Xbox 360. I think this means that the Xbox 360 is the inferior console. Personally, I need a console that gives me first access to the hottest new video game demos. How am I supposed to make informed buying decisions if my mind is clouded by demo anticipation?
Am I doing a good job of spinning this story into some kind of console war post? Initially, I was concerned because PS3 owners are only getting early access to a short, free demo of a video game. But I think the main point is that PS3 owners get to play this free demo first. I’m not sure why the demo is coming to the PlayStation 3 before the Xbox 360, but it probably has something to do with the ability to play Blu-ray discs and the PS3’s built-in wifi.
I wonder if this is another marketing play by EA. Which circle of hell involves people buying PlayStation 3 consoles just to play the Dante’s Inferno demo on December 10th instead of December 24th? Is disappointment a circle of hell? No, that wouldn’t make sense. What about stupidity? I’d hate to try and calculate the circumference of that circle.
There’s always a chance that the Xbox 360 version has some bugs that need to get worked out before release. Maybe Visceral Games programmed the Dante’s Inferno demo to make consoles run really hot to heat up the player’s room in a hell like simulation, but then a bunch of Xbox 360s started to red ring. I hope they left that feature in the PlayStation 3 demo. It’d be nice to save some money on the gas bill during the short demo experience.
I wonder if Sony paid EA for early access to the demo. If they did, I’m in the wrong line of work. I should be cranking out demos for video games. I probably wouldn’t even have to make the full game. I could just release a demo for “House Painter Deluxe” or something and then watch Sony and Microsoft have a bidding war over which console gets the demo first. In the demo for “House Painter Deluxe,” the player gets to open a paint can. Who wants it? Start the bidding, Microsoft. Now’s not the time to be cheap. We have to get back some of that ground you lost by bidding low on the Dante’s Inferno demo.
