I would both make fun of people who bought crackdown only to play Halo 3 beta and people who buy GT5 Prologue and then go on to buy the full game. Well not make fun of... but think they were exploited.
Both seem to be taken advantage of peoples desperation. Had they given you even a $10 discount off the main game... then i'd understand.
I'm sure plenty of Wii fanboys would pay 40 dollars right now to play SMB Brawl with the secret characters and stage builder excluded then bought the game. (Or would of 9 months ago.)
Now if that game was enough for you and you got a copy way cheaper once the full game came out. Then i'd say you were shrewd.
Really what ever isn't part of the cost of making the "preview version" should go back to the consumers in the form of a discount though. (A large part anyway)
It's why the government loves when people claim 0 on US taxes. They get that money temporarily to advance ahead of time. Any purchase of this preview version is vastly helping out the devleoper as they get to allocate those funds 9 months in advance. Each 40 dollar purchase will likely be MORE valuable then each 60 dollar purchase 9 months later if they have a good finanical guys.
