i wouldnt think a demo before the game would turn people away, it should only help sales, besides its like movie trailers, the movie can suck but the scenes they show you rock and make you want to see, then afterwards your like, WFT what a waste
if anyone is that skeptacal about buying a game just rent it, if i have to ask myself should i buy it or not, then i definatly rent it first, at least now i do with the damn resale price of 360 games are not even worth have of what you payed for the game. when i bought madden 06 on xbox for 49.99, when i traded it in for madden on the 360, i still got 36.00 store credit for it, then i go to trade in nba live on 360 that i payed 65.00 after tax and they only offer me 27.00 WTF
but anyway i was really looking foward to the demo showing up before the release of the game, im still buying regardless but i think all demo's should be ready and out in the market place before the games are, wouldnt that be the point of it being a demo, if someone was gonna buy a game and then the demo turned them away, fine, what about how we feel when we pay full price and the game sucks, and as soon as you open it, it depreciates just like a brand new car off the lot, do the devlopers care about that