Lots of people missed the weird demonstration of Resident Evil 8

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Capcom released a Resident Evil Village demo on the PlayStation Store over the weekend, but it was only available for eight hours, starting at 5:00 p.m. PST on April 17th. This is, to put it simply, a rather strange thing to do. But while it’s weird for anyone in the US time zone, it’s even weirder – or downright frustrating – for many other parts of the world. As such, a lot of people directly missed the opportunity to play it. Creating a post about the situation on the PS5 subreddit, the psfrtps user said “I mean why only 8 hours? At least give people 24 hours, so that people with different time zones, who work in those hours, who is busy in those hours, who has sleepimg (sic) those hours …. etc. I can play the demo. ”Another demo is expected this week – check out our Resident Evil Village demo story to find out when you can play on PS5, Xbox Series X and other platforms – but the situation will be the same again. For people from anywhere in the world, east of Mumbai, the availability window for the Resident Evil Village demo was late at night, stretching mostly through hours of sleep. New Zealand and Australia, in particular, got the short end of the stick, the demo starting at 3 am in the Wellington, New Zealand time zone. “From 3 in the morning until 11 in the morning on a working day Monday morning,” remarked user Stoibs. “Yes, I missed it,” added AppletonDisposal. “I’m looking forward to this, but I live in New Zealand and I have a job.” Quite simply, the hours and days when the demo fell did not allow people in places in the eastern hemisphere too many – if any – chances to play.

Regardless of the territory, some fans had heard about the demonstration, but were unaware of the strict moments. BlankStarBE user said “I missed it, I didn’t know there was an 8 hour window”. In a world where much of the news around games comes from social media conversations rather than the publisher’s official marketing line, it’s not hard to understand why some didn’t know about the demo’s limitations.

Some people discussing the demonstration on this subject criticized Capcom’s use of the “fear of losing” marketing strategy. “I really hate all the games that shoot these FOMO tactics,” Ifoundyourtoad said. “I work at a job, I don’t want the games to be the same. God ”At the top of that eight-hour window, the Resident Evil Village demonstration is limited to a 30-minute playback. This was also criticized in the comments. “It’s really ridiculous, why force ourselves to hurry with a 30-minute limit?” DanFarrell asked98. “I really wanted to take the time to soak in the atmosphere and explore the scenery, but I was worried about the lack, because I ran out of time. I ended up with 8 minutes left because I had no idea where the end was. ”

In many other subjects, the same type of complaints can be found. Many people missed the Resident Evil Village demo and will probably have to miss it again when the second demonstration on April 24 – set at the castle – will once again make the same time-limited window.

However, not everyone was so low on the situation, with a few pointing out that a demonstration – even one with such bizarre restrictions – is quite rare nowadays. “So few games have a demo at all, so I don’t really feel the need to attack them after a timed demonstration,” said terrordactyl1971.

To make sure you’re ready for the next two demo sync window, be sure to check out our guide to the 8-hour village demo, which has dates and hours for both the exclusive PlayStation demo and the demo. with multiple platforms as well. And if you missed it, you can watch at least a full demo playback. And for all the latest about Resi, check out what was revealed at the recent Resident Evil Showcase and our exclusive preview of the first five hours.

Matt Purslow is IGN’s UK news and entertainment writer.

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