Trailers Vs. Demos
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:46 pm
Which do you think are more useful to your decision on buying a game? A demo or a trailer?
There are actually pro's and con's for both. On one hand, you can play a demo and actually know if a game is fun or not but the demo that you are playing is only a piece of the full game and may still be in development, so many bugs may still exist. Sometimes, those bugs make people irritated and they decide against buying the game without realizing that the bugs (or miscalibrations) are not in the full game when it comes out.
Next, you have trailers. You can't actually play them, but they can usually show you more of the plot of the game than the demo can and usually better reflect the graphics of what the final project will look like.
Personally, I like demos more and was surprised to find out that there are people out there who prefer trailers over them. Which one do you prefer?
There are actually pro's and con's for both. On one hand, you can play a demo and actually know if a game is fun or not but the demo that you are playing is only a piece of the full game and may still be in development, so many bugs may still exist. Sometimes, those bugs make people irritated and they decide against buying the game without realizing that the bugs (or miscalibrations) are not in the full game when it comes out.
Next, you have trailers. You can't actually play them, but they can usually show you more of the plot of the game than the demo can and usually better reflect the graphics of what the final project will look like.
Personally, I like demos more and was surprised to find out that there are people out there who prefer trailers over them. Which one do you prefer?