my 2 cents:

thts the reason they give out demos on live. personally, if i want to know whether the game is a must-buy or not, i will try out the demos first. then read reviews, online or in mags. or thru threads here.

if it's a damn good game, i'd save money to buy it. if it's a so-so game and not 'play-it-now-or-die' material, then i'll wait. probably just buy 2nd hand or wait till price go lower, etc. if it's shit, i won't buy it.

dude, where there's a will, there's a way. i respect your principle of having a modded console to 'make copies of your ori games' or to 'try out the game see if its shitty or not' but why spend the extra dough just to get a modded box + jacksparrow games to try it out when u can try the demo for free? 

this is for those who have the intentions to buy both consoles: if you're rich enough to buy 2 consoles and probably pay for 2 games (eventually u will, even if jacksparrow costs RM1 still it's like..extra?) why not channel that dough into full ori?

my opinion anyways. but trust me dude when i say..just go ori and you'll never regret it. no worries for bricking yer consoles, no worries of which firmware/modchip to get, stable or not, no worries of gettin banned on live. the only thing u need to worry/think about is your financial mgmt. case closed. 

cheers dude, and merry xmas! ..an advanced wish if i must say eh? 

p.s: sorry if any of my opinion offended u or somehow sounds like a repetitive nagging. 

oh? you mean they automatically reload you gold account after it expires? so what's the use of having 1-mth, 3-mth or 1yr subscriptions then?