But when the digital age came along, demos seemed to fall out of fashion.
Fortunately, that trend seems to be reversing.
Later, PC magazines shifted to demo CDs which could store far more data.
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Sometimes, publishers would even stick demos for other games as bonus content on a full-fledged title.
As this console generation died down, however, so too did the trend of playable demos.
Many of these same demos are available on Xbox and PC via Steam as well.
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Even the Nintendo Switch has its fair share of game demos these days.
Keep the download stats high and hopefully this trend will stick around once more.
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