It is too, if I only own a 3DS and have no access to youtube or any other video service and I liked this short but I would rather spend a buck to watch the video again then buy a PC or smartphone to watch it free, then its just like me owning an iPod Touch and not wanting to spend money for a android phone just to play angry birds.
Who doesn't own a PC in this day and age? That's like saying you don't have electricity in your house.
Its an example. If you really want a more "realistic" example then think of it this way, I buy Street Fighter IV for Xbox. Then I buy it for 3DS, did I get ripped off because Street Fighter was cheaper for 3DS then Xbox just because I would rather play it on the go then at home? No. Same for if I would rather watch the video more then once in 3D for a reasonable price then at home on Youtube in 2D for free.
Because this hasnt happened on many other consoles and devices before now has it? Its a video that was shown for a brief period of time on a video service, many people liked this video (inculding me) and would indeed buy it for a buck. Think of it as one of those Open Demos, where its like the whole game but it gives you like two plays, this is in a way the same thing.
An "open beta" (which I'm guessing is what you were eluding to)
I was talking about a demo that shows you pretty much the entire game without charge and then asks you to pay in order to play it again, I have seen quite a few indie games set up this way thats why I used it, I would have just said Beta if I ment it, just a note for the future 
No, that's not a valid comparison at all. This is more like giving you an entire game for free and then taking it away and saying you now have to pay money for it.
There was no indication that they were going to suddenly start charging for free content, nor was it indicated that this was essentially a "demo" for their video program.
Hmmm, lets think this over, did they ever say the video was going to be available forever? No. So then wouldnt thinking for it as a demo be valid? Isnt a demo essentially a sample or preview of content that you can see before you buy? Last I looked, yes. Plus, your looking at it the wrong way, its not a game, its a video. Just because they didnt plan on selling it doesnt mean its suddenly a rip-off simply because they suddenly wanted to. Maybe Demo was the wrong word but its essentially the same thing and it has happened many times before. I dont see how charging you to see a video you only got a chance to see a few times is any different then letting you buy a game you only got to play a couple times.
If it takes you more then 30 minutes to burn through that game without going for 3 Stars on each somethings wrong with you.
It takes you more then 30 minutes.
Ive beaten all the levels in atleast 33 minutes. It maybe more then 30 minutes but its totally not even close to "a couple of hours"
Hmm, so I can listen to a 3 minute song a few times yet thats less likely then me watching a 7 minute video more then once? Yeah that makes perfect sense.
It does. If you buy a movie, how many times will you watch it in a month? Maybe once or twice. If you buy an album you enjoy, how many times will you listen to it in a month? Multiple times. I've probably spent hours listening to just a single song I really enjoyed over the course of my time having it. Hell, some albums or songs I enjoy so much that I listen to them almost every day. But I don't go home and watch Shaun of the Dead every day because I really like it.
Good Point. But, most of the time you hear that song you buy you wont be listening to it on a hourly basis. Whos to say you would watch the short everyday? You would take it out and watch it when you felt to watch it. Just like you would with a song.
Well, why are you watching the 5 minute Youtube videos if its boring you? Just watch something you find funny or something.
Which is why Youtube is free and I can just switch to another video on the fly and I don't need to worry about throwing my cash at a video.
And doesnt really have anything to do with this, I shouldnt have responded to that.
