Should unfinished games be demos?

TVGB: "Ever played a game demo before the game's release that was preceded by a bunch of small type on a black screen saying, "…this is not representative of the final retail product…bla, bla, bla?""

[HeavyweightInTheGame]

As soon as I read that and have a crappy time playing the demo, at the end I say, "Well it's not complete should I give this another try when released?" To be honest though, if the demo game usually is not finished but sucks, the final product probably won't make a dramatical difference. Turning Point: Fall of Liberty comes to mind when they said they would take consumer thoughts into consideration. Still didn't turn out well upon release.

[jadenkorri]

game devs are worked hard enough an half the time they get asked to release a demo, so they have to rush it, which makes the game look bad...i despise demos coming out after the game released, like wtf, that should of been out weeks before

[Angelitos]

A demo, is just to supposed to represent a taste of how the final game may be.

[Grown Folks Talk]

hated demos, but liked the final product. I've also thought demos were decent, but the final version didn't really stand up. It really just depends on what they do with it after the point they were at when the demo was released.

[power of Green]

I love demo's they help me not waste money if I like the demo I assume things can only get better as they always do its just a taste of the core gameplay etc.

Reviewers get to play preview builds of games why can't I? oh wait I usually do by downloading demos lol. I will assume for some devs demo's are a feedback tool and a way of marketing their work and sometimes throw something together to sell their product.

"this is not representative of the final retail product…"

^^Saying that is bad?, I'm glad they point this out.

The PR and media could be responding with an agenda to please PS3 fans and to save the sales they might have losted(did the same with GTA4 and DMC4). The PS3 demo may have improved but who's to say they didn't improve the 360 retail version from the 360 demo we'll have to wait and see what the comparison companies/media wiil show.

I doubt that Salom Pink Tint issue and missing Smoke effects etc are now fixed and the PS3 version of Grid is on par with the 360 version. Watch when the real retail comparison vids and pics blast in the web.

[3sexty rulzzz]

Afrika should become a demo. I think gta5 should become a demo. all of those games that sony named before the system was launched should become demos, knowing damn well they will again, never see light-of-day. as I said in a prior post.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

GTA5? That was not announced.. Do you mean GT5? If so, then there already was a demo(GT5:Prologue), except you had to pay for it which the starving fishheads had no problem doing.

Blah, blah, blah with the "it's bigger than a normal demo"

It's a demo people, stop fooling yourselves. Be happy if you bought it and got your monies worth but I for one hope no game on the 360 tries to charge me for an early build of a game.

[bootsielon]

That way at least some good projects could be given a go again if they garner enough interest and good feedback.