In the US, it would seem that the only way to try Killzone 2 before you buy it is to pre-order from Gamestop and get your hands on an exclusive demo. If you're living in the United Kingdom, however, rest assured that you will be enjoying your citrus-eyed shooting fun without having to plonk down a single quid.
The demo will be made to available to UK PSN members in February, which "will be released via the normal manner on the PSN." No firm date has been set, but naturally one can assume it will be before the retail release. This essentially means that no pre-order will be necessary in England -- it makes sense since the pre-order culture is not something that Britain has adopted as readily as America.
As for US PSN accounts, the demo will be exclusive only to those who have reserved a copy of the game. Once Killzone 2 releases on February 27, the demo will then be made available to everybody.
Kind of complete negates the whole point of a demo, but whatever. Sony isn't known for its marketing genius.
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12:40 PM on 01.06.2009
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Man, there's just NO way around this.
Man, I wish I could just make a UK PSN account.
Similarly, Naia and GHost and I were fucking around on Home last night, and went to see how lame the Uncharted area was. What kind of marketing genius decided that to see the trailer for Uncharted 2, you needed some 5 digit code to open the door? We just looked it up on the internet, but the room was filled with people going WHUT TEH FUCK IS THIS DOOR LOL.
We also saw someone pretending to be a 12 year old girl trying to get someone's phone number. And then Home crashed again.
cheerio
You want to make people who are not interested in it, interested in it with a demo.
Stupid shit it stupid.
Cool! *Buy Buy Buy*
SONY: WTF? Why haven't you bought it yet?
I don't know, it's £40 for something I might not like.
SONY: Jesus, do I have to do everything for you?!
*6 months later*
SONY: Here's your demo!
Thanks! Hey! This is great, I'll buy it at the reduced price of £25!
SONY: DAMMIT!
That's our SONY!
*Queue Lonney Tunes exunt*
...Right?