Demos make a difference?

[hatmoza]

Kantor said:

Absolutely.

I was sold on The Force Unleashed after the demo

Ninja Gaiden Sigma's demo, and ridiculously high review scores, convinced me to buy the game (something I've always regretted)

I was going to get BioShock anyway, but the demo was so incredible that I had to buy it immediately.

Conversely:

The Enslaved demo left a bitter taste in my mouth, and I was expecting it to be brilliant.

The Mafia II demo convinced me to never buy it (I was considering doing so when it was cheap)

So yes, demos have made quite a difference for me.

When I don't have to play a demo to know godforsaken mafia II, Ninja Gaiden, Enslaved are crap games, I know I am an incredible person :P

But honestly, I dunno why people need to play the demos when there are reviews and gameplay (youtube) videos.

I mean honestly, just by reading 3 reviews and watching some gameplay of mafia 2 on youtube I knew it was shit. 

If you ask me, this generation of gamers are spoiled ... although there were a few demo discs back in the day, demos weren't as widely available as they were today. And despite that, great games that didn't have demos were selling a buttloadload while bad games avoided. Magazines and word of mouth were all gamers needed. 

I'm really against this ideology that "omg etc demo saved me a purchase because of etc etc" or "omg that demo was omg omg omg I'm going to buy this game now"

or maybe im anal because my flu symptoms are back and I'm grouchy at this hour.