I got suckered into the hype for L4D and pre-ordered last year so I could play the demo. Now I realize how dumb it is and won't fall for it twice. A demo is supposed to be a teaser that gives potential buyers a glimpse of the full game so they can hopefully be swayed to buy it. This goes all the way back to shareware days where you'd get the first episode of Doom free and have to pay $30 to play the other two.
What good does it do to offer it to only the people who have already paid for the full product? I know there will be plenty of people who bite the carrot and pre-purchase just so they can play part of the game a week or two early. Do that if you want but make a demo publicly available upon release so those on the fence can decide before buying. I won't be buying L4D2 until I play a demo of it.
Quake3 is everything Quake1 should have been, therefor I shouldn't have to pay for it. Halo 2 is everything Halo 1 should have been, therefor I shouldn't have to pay for it. Warcraft 3 is everything Warcraft 1 should have been, therefor I shouldn't have to pay for it. I'm retarded.
blurredvision
Lifer
- Oct 19, 2000
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preordering L4D allowed people to play the demo before it became free to the public
of course if someone is dumb enough not to read the fine print then that's their fault
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_4_dead#Promotion
Krakn3Dfx
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- Sep 29, 2000
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I remember when the L4D pre-order demo hit last year and there were 3-4 guys on IRC just raving about how awesome it was, which forced me to pre-order it right then and there so that I could partake in the pre-order demo.
I haven't regretted my decision even once.
Originally posted by: peritusONE
Because he is self-admittedly retarded and doesn't know any better.
Witty, you could be in an Adam Sandler movie.
Where the hell do you get bitter from?
And what idiot dug up this dead thread full of whiney bitches complaining why they're not entitled to infinite free content?
zerocool84
Lifer
- Nov 11, 2004
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If it's $15 or lower on a weekend I'll buy it otherwise not. I didn't get my $45 worth at all and I'm always very careful when I buy games.
I gave them $45 for the game, with the understanding that the following was coming after release:
The company plans to add new scenarios to the game's initial 4, as well as new bosses and weapons.
..strong hints at a flamethrower coming not long after launch.
...also promised that the studio aims to make the DLC available more quickly than they have done with TF2.
That article is dated Aug 2008 and is based on details released by Valve employee Chet Faliszek.
How can you not expect people to hold Valve to these statements? This was far enough before L4D's launch that it became wide spread knowledge and no doubt made Valve some additional sales. Can you honestly say they've come close to any of them? We've seen one new campaign, one small map, and one new game mode.
Most realize that plans change and Valve can take their sweet time. But before we even got our first true DLC it was announced that L4D2 was in development for release later this year with many of the features included that were promised to us as L4D DLC. To those who feel that the $50 they paid a year ago already includes part of that content why is it so hard to understand their unwillingness to pay another $50?
No one is expecting "infinite free content" and that's idiotic to even suggest. Valve set the expectations, not the consumers.
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