FNR4 Demo Out Tomorrow
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The demo for Fight Night Round 4, which features the Manny Pacquiao vs Ricky Hatton match-up, will be out on the 360 and PS3 tomorrow. Unfortunately it will only be available to those who have preordered and received a special download code from Gamestop. There are a limited amount of codes that are being provided to those who preordered the game in a store or online.
This is a practice that I am not in favor of and it is a shame that EA is taking that route. It is one thing to provide incentive for preording but preventing those who don’t from playing the demo for two weeks is not encouraging preordering instead it feels more like forcing it. The demo will be out for everyone two weeks later on May 28th.
May 13, 2009 at 8:42 pm
I expect nothing more or less from EA Sports. They are a tyranny.
May 13, 2009 at 9:37 pm
EA isn't the first to do this. Sony did it with Killzone 2 and Activision did the same with COD 5. I know everyone loves to bash EA but don't blame them for following a trend. I am not a fan of this type of deal and hope this doesn't become the norm….
May 14, 2009 at 12:32 am
Thank you for not typing first!
May 13, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Lets get codes posted on here everybody, so we can all use them
May 13, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Seriously, Im with that!
May 13, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Codes are only good for one use.
May 13, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Once they are downloaded, they can however be shared on PSN, unlimited… its really up to whether or not someone wants to share account info. I wouldn't recommend putting it in this type of forum, but handled thru private messages on a one-by-one basis (to protect the account).
May 13, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Who cares if you have to pre-order it. It's not like you pay for it right away. You can get in-store pickup and pay for it then. This is only a problem if you hate Gamestop and only shop at Best Buy or Walmart. Boohoo!
May 13, 2009 at 9:01 pm
the title got me excited until i read the details. you should change the title, its decieving
May 13, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Gay
May 13, 2009 at 9:07 pm
I think the UFC game has diminished the appeal of FNR4 greatly.
They can't afford to irritate customers by trying to force a pre-order. The net result for EA is a huge negative here.
May 14, 2009 at 3:12 am
its incredible how much better UFC looks to be then Fight Night, since its only UFC's first year
May 13, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Its just business baby! Basically making most people decide Fight Night or UFC, unless you're fortunate enough to afford both. Plus, if you already have UFC pre-ordered, how many of those people will say " Just take the 5 I put on UFC and put it on Fight Night so I can get the Demo" The more I play the UFC demo the less I like it. I don't see that happening with Fight Night.
May 13, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Time to gameshare lol
May 13, 2009 at 10:42 pm
I love my PS3 i know some one on my list will have which mean i will 2
May 13, 2009 at 10:56 pm
I don't see the negative side on this. Let's remember, before the Xbox 360, console gamers had to often purchase a demo or have a subscription to a magazine that encased a demo. Now, with almost every week producing a new demo to freely download, we have become somewhat over indulged. 5 dollars gets you a pre-order. If you don't want to do that, simply wait until it's mass availability.
I'll be looking forward to pasta's impressions an hd videos from the demo before May 28th.
May 13, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Has anyone who ordered online received a demo code yet?
May 14, 2009 at 12:53 am
well its time to go to gamestop and preorder then transfer the money from fight night to a game im actually going to buy without previewing it….. why do they do this?…
May 14, 2009 at 1:00 am
Demo is live now for US PS3 if you have the code.
May 14, 2009 at 2:37 am
I don't agree with what there are doing with the Gamestop only pre-orders but I got my code. And I'm not afraid to use it.
May 14, 2009 at 2:37 am
they are*
May 14, 2009 at 3:09 am
Would rather play UFC then fight night anyways
May 14, 2009 at 3:13 am
Codes are working twice if you input them quickly guys. Hurry up before they fix this
May 14, 2009 at 3:21 am
I dunno if you are using a 360 but you can't even put a code in using a 360 yet.
May 14, 2009 at 4:20 am
I just played the demo with a hand me down code on Ps3. Needless to say, I can see why they aren't letting us all have at this demo until weeks from now. It's no UFC undisputed
May 14, 2009 at 8:11 am
mark my words UFC will outsell FnR4 even in its first year. superior game
May 14, 2009 at 2:20 am
The demo is awesome!!!!!
May 14, 2009 at 1:30 pm
I tried code about 7:20 am central time on my 360, and I kept getting code invalid for this offer. Not sure whats up. Ive heard alot of people getting the same. It would be nice to know if any other 360 users are getting the same thing.
May 14, 2009 at 3:35 pm
demo will be ready at 7pm eastern time
May 14, 2009 at 7:17 pm
The whole point of a demo is to get people excited about the game and drive pre-orders. This practice of limiting to pre-orders only is bad business. They should be wanting to get the demo in the hands of as many people as possible. People don't pre-order to play a demo, so adding this as an incentive is crazy. People pre-order because they like a game, and you will get more people pre-ordering the more people play the demo.
Oh well, this seems to be the route publishers are going with lately, and that's fine, but it's bad business. I don't mind waiting until May 28th for the demo. Funny thing is, if I was playing the demo right now I might actually pre-order if I like it. Go figure….
May 14, 2009 at 11:05 pm
GameStop SUCKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 15, 2009 at 6:11 pm
You cheapskates aren't getting my code. Buy the game like the rest of us if you want to play it so bad.