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Indeed, even tho' he's said that's his intentions, I still wouldn't consider in abuse... It's still a good way for a company to get people to try their game. In my mind, it's no different than offering free weekends like Valve does with TF2 - you play for free, if you like it, you can buy it, if not, you don't play anymore. Same thing here.
And it works!
I played in both TF2 weekends offered and ended up buying the game. I had no intent on buying it when I signed up for the weekend, but bought it anyway.
It worked with Conan, i played in the beta, had no intention of buying the game, and ended up buying it anyway.
Worked with Warhammer Online, I pre-ordered, got to participate in the beta. Got a code for the early headstart and when the game finally arrived I still had the option of returning the game having played it for the past few weeks. But I didn't, I liked what I saw in those trials and decided to purchase.
This isn't abuse, it's exactly how the promotions are intended to work. Forcing people to pay for a game prior to playing it keeps a lot of people on the side lines. Offering a way to play the game before they buy, or offering an incentive to buy helps.
If you require people to pay ahead of time it's a whole different offer. Those offers are perfectly fine but I think they are designed for people who are already planning on buying the game, and need just a little nudge.
Hopefully there will be a free beta I can try, or some way to play the game for free before buying it.
OH! And I am trying the CoD World at War beta right now also. I get to play that for free on the 360 and the PC and I have absolutely NO INTEREST in buying either game. I knew they were going to suck but since they offered a free way to try them I participated. Scummy hunh! I get to play that game for free and I'LL NEVER BUY IT.
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