Why no free to play weekend?

[Blendes]

This game seems perfect for having it be free to play over a weekend so you can test the game, so why isen't it?

Steam is very welcomeing when it comes to this whit other developers.

[Rod, of eight toes]

You can play the game for up to two hours, and if you don't like it you can get a refund.

[Demonsouls1993]

Your not entitled to a free weekend

[Xaelon]

You'd have to ask the publisher. Maybe Gearbox doesn't do free weekends? I dunno.

The game already sold more than two million copies by November of last year so maybe they think it's done well enough that further exposure isn't required.

It's not the same as playing the game yourself, but this is a pretty decent preview shown around launch.

https://youtu.be/tKOzGYbNewk?si=BaXTkW83XcgCPTKy

Otherwise there's plenty of other gameplay footage out there on the internet.

[Fat Cat]

You can even play the DLC content by joining other players that have it, even if you don't own it. Of course you can't craft/use any DLC only items. But being able to play the content is already extremely generous of the game devs.

[Grizzly]

id say thats a terrible idea out of a marketing perspective. its no secret that for most people, the game was alright at the very beginning and then rather meh the first 10 hours, and started to pick up after that being very enjoyable.

the devs should be aware of it too, and therefore aware that selling the game the way they do it right now is the best way.

in a free weekend, they will drop the game after about 5 hours, while if they have to buy it, knowing they cant refund it, will stick to it more.

thanks for the steam points <3

[David Davidson]

Originally posted by Rod, of eight toes:

You can play the game for up to two hours, and if you don't like it you can get a refund.

That mindset of "I'll just play two hours" is pretty bad for both steam and developers as the money spent on a game will have fees somewhere along the line, either from PayPal, or a bank, so "Just play two hours and refund if you hate it" shouldn't be used super regularly. Honestly piracy is better than that as nether Steam nor a dev is going to be slapped with transaction charges (or server upkeep charges) if someone pirates a game. However since Rem2 has a significant co-op element, you'd be losing out if you pirate the game.


@OP
Main reason I can give for there not being a free weekend is that the developers are satisficed with the sales they're getting. Also, while I've never marketed a game on steam, I imagine a free weekend may cost the developer money, after all, steam provide the servers, the devs provide the game.
While not perfectly analogous, imagine if a game rental store in the early/mid 2000s did a free weekend using game discs supplied (for free, by magic) for a game. These discs would self destruct after 48h (which isn't magic, this was tried with "no return rental DVDs") and assume each game has to be checked out by a cashier so people don't grab 10 of them and play for over a week by keeping some of the discs in the wrapper.
This is going to be difficult for the place to sell anything else, therefore they're going to charge for the downtime caused by said free weekend. Far from a perfect analogy, but if it's a free weekend, someone needs to pay for it, nothing in life is free.

Also some bugs are still being worked out, archetypes are being balanced, new weapons have been introduced, some are a bit busted. Far from a perfect time to start a free weekend when you're still getting the game to function correctly and have 2 more DLCs to release.

[Rod, of eight toes]

Yeah, Steam is really hurting financially from having to process all those refunds 😂

[Cario]

with free to play weekend u can finish this game that why they dont do it

[BRYWALL]

The games not worth it. Constantly broken. Achievements that never pop, and a team that decides to randomly place boss events that break new players.

I loved it and wanted it to be so much better than the garbage we got.

[Rod, of eight toes]

Lmao this is not a "boss event." You're upset because you don't understand what's going on in the game.

[Hellbound ⁧ 󠁳 ⁧ Hellhound]

Originally posted by Infernal Kiwi:

The games not worth it. Constantly broken. Achievements that never pop, and a team that decides to randomly place boss events that break new players.

I loved it and wanted it to be so much better than the garbage we got.

Broken achievements? Stop lying I have all but two and i can go and get them right now if I wanted to. "garbage WE got" there is no WE bro, I hate cringe people you that try to speak for others. Speak for your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ self kid.
The people who use WE to bolster their argument do that because you can't stand on your own two feet so you make act like you have grounds to speak for others by saying WE. Like stfu

[Rod, of eight toes]

There are bugs with achievements. I have a random assortment of achievements, I think six or something, that all unlocked at the same time for me.

[David Davidson]

Originally posted by Rod, of eight toes:

Yeah, Steam is really hurting financially from having to process all those refunds 😂

Clearly you know as much about business as you do shooting around things in your way.
Any financial loss is a loss.
Cheat engine doesn't work IRL.

Also in every thread you seem worked up and angry. Maybe lay off the soy lattes for a while?

[Slava Ukraini]

Originally posted by Blendes:

This game seems perfect for having it be free to play over a weekend so you can test the game, so why isen't it?

Steam is very welcomeing when it comes to this whit other developers.

lol will never happens when you can rush the game on 15h and lover.....

[Slava Ukraini]

Originally posted by Rod, of eight toes:

There are bugs with achievements. I have a random assortment of achievements, I think six or something, that all unlocked at the same time for me.

you can at least have open steam profile then only sit talk.... how can I know what achvimnst etc.... you are not much help...better you say nothing