The only reason why we have ever gotten games with our consoles for free is to rathar get rid of extra copies that companies couldn't sell or to make people want to buy the console in the first place. It's mainly used as a very, very good way of attracting attention and to steal sales from other companies. It even builds brand loyalty to an extent.
I have also noticed that people have been complaining a lot about the lack of demos that have existed for different consoles over the last several years (it's actually a more expensive and difficult process than you'd think, but I won't get into that here). I speculate that this demo will not only make some people say "Yes, a demo! They're listening to me!!" but will also make more people interested in the new Metriod game.
Therefore, while it is a 'step back' (especially from the SNES days... Super Mario World, Mario Paint, Super Mario All-Stars, Donkey Kong Country and a few other games have been packaged this way) in comparison to what we're used to, it's still something.//Was going to get one regardless to what it came with, anyway.
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The only reason why we have ever gotten games with our consoles for free is to rathar get rid of extra copies that companies couldn't sell or to make people want to buy the console in the first place. It's mainly used as a very, very good way of attracting attention and to steal sales from other companies. It even builds brand loyalty to an extent.
//Was going to get one regardless to what it came with, anyway.
I have also noticed that people have been complaining a lot about the lack of demos that have existed for different consoles over the last several years (it's actually a more expensive and difficult process than you'd think, but I won't get into that here). I speculate that this demo will not only make some people say "Yes, a demo! They're listening to me!!" but will also make more people interested in the new Metriod game.
Therefore, while it is a 'step back' (especially from the SNES days... Super Mario World, Mario Paint, Super Mario All-Stars, Donkey Kong Country and a few other games have been packaged this way) in comparison to what we're used to, it's still something.