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Demo Recording & Playback
Demo recording has many benefits both from a player standpoint and a developer standpoint, Many successful games have implemented some type of demo recording in the past including the original Guildwars title (Through observer mode). It is mainly thought of as a benefit for competition review however there are many uses for this function. It now is not something that is just limited to first person shooter games, lately some MMO's have been adding it as well (Champions Online)

Benefits for the players both PvE & PvP
There are moments that can happen right in front of us that we may miss in the game and may want to see later. Whether it be your team killing the biggest and baddest monster, clearing out the most difficult dungeon, charming that ultra rare pet, or defeating the other team; the list goes on.

Reasons for an in depth demo system
More advanced forms of demo recording allow you to observe the game from many different camera angles, from others players perspective. This allows the fan community to record videos of a higher quality from a directors standpoint.

Even more advanced demo recording allows players to create videos directly through the demo playback function its self. This allows the movie to be created with higher graphic settings as well as a higher frame rate.

Benefits for the developers
One of the best forms of advertising is word of mouth. By supporting and encouraging demo functionality this will give the developers free advertising through sharing videos on youtube and the like. Perhaps the difference between Joe Recorders video going viral and not could have been whether or not he had a a demo function in the game. It is very likely that the game developers already have a type of demo system in place to record their own videos for trailers, all that is left is to port it over to the players.