thats definitely what i whould do
if you also play on the PC
try Steam , its a real good alternative for retail
and it occasionally has good sales to (85% off on Complete Grand Theft Auto 4 Pack for example )
[Edited by -Infinity-, 12/31/2010 11:31:03 AM]
Steam is not viable here either. We have bad bandwith and internet caps here. I couldn't get very many games with a 3gig a month cap.
It depends.
If it's an emulator, and the game being emulated is hard to get a hold of, then I'm fine with it.
Illegally downloading other games, however, is disgusting. I don't care if you're "just seeing if it's worth buying". You could probably download a legal demo easily for a lot of games. Don't make bad excuses.
You're wrong there Nic. A lot of games don't even release demo versions anymore so all you have is the trailer they show you and reviews. I refuse to buy games that way, I play quite a bit and I don't like wasting money on things I end up not using. Not to mention I'm not exactly comfortable financially.
In my opinion, downloading a pirated game to try it out is justified if the company won't release a demo. If you like the game, you buy it and if you don't, you uninstall it and delete the image file.