Criterion Respond to Burnout Demo Issues

Apparently a lot of people weren't happy with the Burnout Paradise demo that was recently released, and having been flooding internet forums and the developers, Criterion Studios, with their complaints. Well Criterion has responded in a rather lengthy piece that you can find on this page. Here's a tidbit:

We hear you, but...

The demo was made AFTER work on Paradise was completed, so no, we won't be using internet 'feedback' to tune the game.

It's only a demo

Everyone breathe, relax, and remember, it's only a demo - we think we made THE best demo released all year - you don't see many other games getting an online enabled demo up on both systems before launch.

Personally speaking, I don't believe it is possible to even capture the essence of this new Burnout experience (and I use the word 'experience' there deliberately because this new Burnout is an experience that YOU choose how to play rather than us forcing a game structure on you - when the rest of you get to play the full game I am confident you will agree) in a single demo. So we picked a couple of things and a small area in which to play.