After purchasing a subscription to Xbox Live, the first thing I discovered was the ability to download game demos. I had never really understood why someone would take the time to play a demo since that’s just it, it’s a demo. It’s not the full game and eventually you get to the end of the demo and all that you accomplished has now gone to waste. I would put effort into a little blip of a game just for it to end and that time to have gone to waste. However, after purchasing a subscription to Xbox Live, I was able to search for game demos and try them out. Rather than it being a waste of my time, I was able to appreciate what demos actually do for people. They help people decide if they like the game enough to purchase it. Of course, not all the demos on Xbox Live are free, but it is better to try out a game demo from Xbox Live rather than going through the trouble of purchasing the game only to find that it really isn’t what you were expecting or hoping for. When playing the demo, there is no mystery, you see the graphics, hear the sounds and music, and experience the game play and difficulty. So if you decide to purchase the game, there is no surprise when you start playing, because of the availability of demos on Xbox Live, you are educated on the game and know what you are buying. “It’s a small taste of what the game is actually like so you can decide if you want to buy the game or not” says long time Xbox Live subscriber Corey Green, “I frequently download demos. It’s a great for when you’re not sure if you will like the game or not. Playing the demo has actually saved me from some bad purchases.”
Corey Green, interview by Jenifer DeNormandie, phone, Norton, MA, 30 October 2009.
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