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I recall pre-ordering EA's Battlefront back then. I only played it for 4 hours at most. Should have pirated it.
I love this advice for 99% of games, but I pre-ordered Baldur's Gate III around three years ago now and have been able to play Early Access as a result.
Same here, but we got to get a demo of the game essentially. So excited for it to release.
/c/patientgamers
I don't pre-order really but I do get tempted with 18% off pre-order deals at various PC shops online
I don't even play half the games I buy. I just pre-order them so I get the cool goodies that come with the game like art books, metal cases, tapestries, etc.
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Preordering is 100% why the last console gen was full of half-assed releases. It has to stop.
I'm relying on some of you folks to do a "trial" for me and let me know. Your efforts are appreciated 😛
The only game I've preordered in the last like 5 years is Pikmen 4, and only because I enjoyed the demo so much.
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What about pre-ordering for pickup? That way you have a guaranteed copy, but don't have to put anything down.
I have never pre-ordered a game.
I have however pre-ordered collectables which "come with a game" (despite the collectables likely being more than the game) or the privilege of being able to hang out with my friends at midnight to collect a game on release. And of those games Halo 2, Halo 3, and Battlefield 3 were the only 3.
These days there is even less reason to pre-order, but where I lived and the local small game shop, sometimes the only way to get a game within the first MONTH of release was a pre-order, where the store would literally..... Pre order. Its not a pre-order for you at the store, its the store ordering it from the distributor / publisher.
The very first game i ever purchased on Steam was a game where i went in for the 3rd week in a row and they said "sorry, still not had any come in for re-stock".
And now even more than ever is a BETTER time to pre-order. "Back in my days" good fucking luck being able to return a game if the 7 seals of security purity were not damaged. now, almost universal refunds for digital goods from most of the major game platform hosts.
Cyberpunk was the nail in my pre-order coffin, fuck those clowns and their shitty releases. I don't want the game to be good and playable 3 years after I bought it.
Oh and for the fan bois if the game was so good when released, why did they have to do a complete overhaul of basically the entire game to make it good?
The release was trash and the game released with as little product as possible while charging people full price.
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