Wii U Demos Have Play Limits?

We all know how demo software works. Essentially what happens is, we are given a particular small portion of a game to play and once it's complete we are prompted with an ad to purchase the full version of the title should we wish to keep playing. It's a tried and true model that in some senses endows gamers with just a little bit of freedom and extra evidence to make sure that they are making smart purchase decisions.

Obviously some of these demos are more restrictive than others in terms of how much content they are willing to surrender, but Nintendo's Wii U seems to suggest that there are even more stipulations on the way that will alter how we try out titles. Should you download a demo from the eShop, you might be greeted with a rather curious message that tells you how many uses you have of the designated software. In most cases it will start at ten and progress downward till the demo is no longer active.

This is quite the leap for a company that in general hasn't been too notorious about restricting their users. For many, this will bring great disappointment, but what are you thinking? Is this  just the first peek we have into what the competition will be doing with their own next consoles too! Lovers of demos will have to take the hit for today, but maybe there are better days to come.

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