Gamasutra has an article about increasing sales through Trial Versions...
It's probably worth a read by all concerned. Please direct your eyes to
http://inside.gamasutra.com/cgi-bin4...cZ0K4n0FmTx0EL
Gamasutra has an article about increasing sales through Trial Versions...
It's probably worth a read by all concerned. Please direct your eyes to
http://inside.gamasutra.com/cgi-bin4...cZ0K4n0FmTx0EL
<br /><br />There are a lot of people who are dead while they are still alive. I want to be alive until the day I die.<br />-= Paulo Coelho =-
That article is definitely worth a read. I would agree with the points presented.
Having said that my own experience with presenting a trial version was less successful, maybe because we didn't cover all the point mentioned in the article.
My company sells a motivational/self development software package that includes various including amongst other things a screensaver. We used to do trial versions and found it difficult to convert people to full sales. We removed trial version and instead now offer a money back guarantee and sales have continued to climb ever since to the point that I could almost stop my day job (maybe 6-12 months). So granted our product isn't a game but my advice is a trial version may not necessarily be the best option and that there may be other ways of upping sales.
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