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Old 10-14-2009, 11:51 AM   #16
DaddyTorgo
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Originally Posted by watravaler View Post
How many "game" years can you play with the demo? Is it simply 6 months? If so, why do companies do this? It pisses me off, and I never buy the game! I love the "play full version for 3-10 days", those are the demos that always pull me in and force me to buy the game. Anyway, sorry for the rant, have fun y'all! I'm sure the game is beyond excellent, regardless of the limitations of the demo...

typically copy protection reasons. in FM's case because otherwise people had cracked the copy protection of the demo to play forever and never purchased the game. that's what happened with SI's version of EHM and why its sales suffered.
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