- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I hope they don't release a demo. I was a major Halo CE snob, and if they would have released a demo of Halo 2, I would have never purchased it. I would have played the demo, decided it wasn't enough like CE, and never thought twice about it...
9 million hours of Halo 2 later, I'm glad I just bought the game without sampling it.
My point is, Bungie releasing a demo will only negatively affect sales. I would imagine the amount of people that need to be 'persuaded' to buy Halo 3 is marginal. As such, giving people a taste will only convince some NOT to buy it. It's not going to convince anyone to buy TWO copies...know what I mean?
Unless it's an upstart developer with a killer app and no marketing muscle, I think demos are a terrible idea for software developers.