Okay so usually I watch all my online videos on my TV shows on the internet through my laptop through HDMI. But my laptop has been "stolen" (not literally) by my brother so I have to find another watch TV shows streaming from the internet on my TV. So I discovered PlayOn, so now I stream it all to the PS3. I downloaded the trial version. 14 days have gone by, so I uninstalled it and downloaded it from another source (CNET this time, before was MediaMall's site) and, boom! I get another 14 days free. And when this runs out and can either A) Find yet another place to download it from or B) Just download to my other computer.
So assume I can't find another source thas has a PlayOn trial version. I still get 56 days free. 28 days for each computer.
Assuming I can find another place to d/l it, that adds another 28 days of free PlayOn. A total of 84 free days.
Example B: I downloaded the AudioSurf demo long long ago and never bought the full edition. I later figured out you could just clear the cache of it inside of Steam and it'll reset the demo... another 4 songs. Play 4 more songs, exit, clear cache, play 4 more songs, save $10.
That's is why trial versions don't work. Demos work, but trial editions do not.
Okay so usually I watch all my online videos on my TV shows on the internet through my laptop through HDMI. But my laptop has been "stolen" (not literally) by my brother so I have to find another watch TV shows streaming from the internet on my TV. So I discovered PlayOn, so now I stream it all to the PS3. I downloaded the trial version. 14 days have gone by, so I uninstalled it and downloaded it from another source (CNET this time, before was MediaMall's site) and, boom! I get another 14 days free. And when this runs out and can either A) Find yet another place to download it from or B) Just download to my other computer.
So assume I can't find another source thas has a PlayOn trial version. I still get 56 days free. 28 days for each computer.
Assuming I can find another place to d/l it, that adds another 28 days of free PlayOn. A total of 84 free days.
Example B: I downloaded the AudioSurf demo long long ago and never bought the full edition. I later figured out you could just clear the cache of it inside of Steam and it'll reset the demo... another 4 songs. Play 4 more songs, exit, clear cache, play 4 more songs, save $10.
That's is why trial versions don't work. Demos work, but trial editions do not.
Which, y'know, is essentially the same fundamentally as piracy--playing the game without paying for it.
Sure, you can do that. Or you could just pirate it outright. Nothing stopping you, if you so choose.
But for the rest of us, who ... y'know, *pay* for the services we use, a trial version very much helps determine whether or not it's worth ponying up for.
EDIT: And yes, I understand that you're saying demos vs. trial versions, but to be perfectly honest, most people aren't going to run around the blocks in trial version if they want to play it. If the trial version is good, they're going to pay for is A) out of laziness and B) out of the desire to pay for what you enjoy (which, y'know, a minority excluded most people seem to want to do).
" Which, y'know, is essentially the same fundamentally as piracy--playing the game without paying for it. Sure, you can do that. Or you could just pirate it outright. Nothing stopping you, if you so choose. But for the rest of us, who ... y'know, *pay* for the services we use, a trial version very much helps determine whether or not it's worth ponying up for. EDIT: And yes, I understand that you're saying demos vs. trial versions, but to be perfectly honest, most people aren't going to run around the blocks in trial version if they want to play it. If the trial version is good, they're going to pay for is A) out of laziness and B) out of the desire to pay for what you enjoy (which, y'know, a minority excluded most people seem to want to do). "
It's just like piracy - the moral issue, not really the legal one though. But yeah, with services and such they should really put some restriction on so that it's only standable to the point where you'd want to pay for it, not to the point where you can use it forever. MMO trials work btw, cus who'd want to level up their character over and over again? ;)
It's about morals. If you don't mind stealing from a team that's put hundreds of hours into a product, then that's your prerogative. Or, if you find pseudo-reasons that make it fine for you, then do it, as long as it helps you sleep at night.
Trials work with honest people. Demos force themselves to work with everyone, honest or not. I guess that's what it boils down to.
Trials are usually more limited, so no they don't usually work. Plus there's the usual thing that if you don't unsubscribe when the 14 days are up, you HAVE to pay a subscription. It sucks.
I wish I had known about the Shadow Complex demo trick back when I was struggling to get Microsoft to take my credit card and before I bit the bullet and bought a $20 points card. It's the only reason I've ever had to buy M$ points and I really didn't want to support their scheme anyway. The dollar sign is entirely appropriate here, they've obviously designed it for the sole purpose of preventing you from ever using all your points or being able to buy just enough for what you want. But that's Microsoft's fault, not Chair's, and the game is awesome so in the end I'm glad I bought it.
" Example B: I downloaded the AudioSurf demo long long ago and never bought the full edition. I later figured out you could just clear the cache of it inside of Steam and it'll reset the demo... another 4 songs. Play 4 more songs, exit, clear cache, play 4 more songs, save $10. "
Heh, that's nothing. I'm still using the effin' beta and a program that acts as a server.
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