Quote Originally Posted by PsychoFish View Post
I think there is a good split between the "will never buy" crowd and the people who will pirate a game simply because a demo is not available. I'm one of those who will get a pirated copy of a game I want if a playable demo is not available. This is purely because I cannot just rely on reviews (which can be biased), screenshots (which give you no indication of the game mechanics) or gameplay videos released by the developer/publisher. What does help are video reviews like what TotalBiscuit gives on YouTube, but this normally only happens after the game has been released and nullifies any attempt of stopping you from buying a crap title on pre-order.
True; quite a few of the games I own I pirated first or played it at a friends house to get a proper idea of what's going on. A demo-into-buy option would really make things easier for us and ease the burden of piracy on the publishers...of course this argument only holds if publishers ONLY release quality products