Starforce Petition!

[thebluegr]

@10823berlin:

Game demos DO give a good idea about what the game is about. Each game takes years and a group of programmers to make, something which you obviously don't respect. I'm not saying that I have bought everything that's installed on my PC, but I have bought a lot of software titles that I really enjoyed playing (Splinter Cell 1-3, Need For Speed Underground 1-2, Far Cry, Half Life 2 to name a few). Movies "generate some fun for very little time" as well, but I do go to the cinema. You can't just pretend to be poor, I've been a student, I've worked at the same time and still had money to go to the movies once per month and to buy a good game every 1-2 months.

As for game testing, you can always get the demo from a magazine or from the company's site, and yes that's usually more than enough to see what the game looks like. And you can still rent games from a video club. And in UK, you can return a product you didn't like (game, movie or music CD)...

Finally: nobody said that you HAVE to buy EVERY new game or movie that comes out. Noone forces you to do so. You just buy the stuff you like. That's why demos and trailers exist...