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Yes. If I know I'm gonna buy the game anyway, why not have it preloaded and ready to go day 1? Nobody is thinking they're gonna run out, it's for convenience. Stupid ass argument.
Agreed. If I’m pre ordering a game digitally, its because it’s a game I’ve been excitedly watching for a while and made my mind that I’m gonna wanna play it asap. No different from pre ordering and picking up a physical game (though with less steps)
The publisher cutting off Steam sales is why a ton of people pre-ordered Metro Exodus. If you didn't have it pre-ordered before Jan 28th, 2019, you couldn't play it on Steam when it released on Feb 15th, 2019 as the publisher went Epic-exclusive for a year. So you had to buy it on Epic or wait until it released on Steam Feb 15th, 2020!
It was such a big deal that Steam actually changed the developer TOS to stop that shit from happening again.
What about them? I only ever care about those when it comes to games I was on the fence about, of if something is so cheap that I don't care about potentially wasting like $5.
I preordered Civilization V. Because I wanted to support developers. Testing and polishing software costs a lot of money, so monthes before release maybe hard time for the team. If they are making great games I want to give them some money when they needs it the most.
Early access is a fine option too, but sometimes it will not work.
I stopped playing video games almost 10 years ago when I was having my first kid. Now he is 9 and I am starting to get back into video games and introducing him to video games. Having a massive back catalog of amazing games I have never played has been great. So far I have played Red Dead Redemption 2 and now I’m playing God Of War. After that I got Witcher 3 which will be my next game.
It's very rare to find a finished game at launch. It usually takes a year to get major bugs out of the way. They add a bunch of paid DLC for content that should be in the base game.
I just wait a year or two before I buy a AAA game now. It's cheaper and gives me a chance to see if they actually finish a damn game without a hundred DLCs to buy.
I think another problem it's a lot of people buy the game when it comes out and then sell it and in the 2nd hand market you can get it cheaper and a lot of times you could get a game cheaper in the shop than directly on Ps.
Now they will have much less incentive to drop the prices, the last few games i was aldready feeling the prices took longer to go down but now they will maintain for longer, since shops have a bigger incentive to reduce price to get rid of the inventory with digital they won't have that problem and they probably gonna maintain the prices for a very long time and a lot of people depended on the 2nd hand market gaming truly became expensive I think a lot will have to turn somewhere else.
Once again, I have nothing against people being patient. That doesn't mean you get to argue there's nothing fun or interesting about experiencing the game at the same time as the rest of the world.
People pay for what they value. When it's a game I can play alongside friends, it's worth it to buy Day 1.
I didn't say any of that. I didn't argue any of that. I stated factually that pre-ordering means you're paying the highest price for the smallest and buggiest version of the game.
Well, what you're saying is an opinion. I'm stating a fact. Also, how does getting the full game, patched, possibly modded, and all DLC included for around 20-40% less than the cost of the game at launch give me less value for my dollar? Now you're just not making any sense.
Because value exists beyond tangible dollars and cents.
You are “factual”, but so am I. I think you get less value (for some games) by waiting. Being able to discuss the story and gameplay, both IRL and online, is part of the value you get in playing it on release.
But you pegged the value to the dollar. That's just not the case. If you get more value paying the highest price for the smallest buggiest version of the game at launch because of other intangibles, great, no one is stopping you. I'm not trying to talk you out of it. But you're still paying the highest price for the smallest buggiest version of the game. Instead of trying to argue that's not the case just say you don't care that is the case because you get other value from playing at launch.
You do realize that the people paying full price are the ones keeping the companies alive and keeping the games coming, right? Your $2.50 five years after release don't matter.
That shouldn't be an excuse for companies to release buggy unfinished games that pray upon those customers by holding back what should be in the game at launch just to overcharge them.
And not paying the highest price for the smallest and buggiest version of the game matters only to me. And that's all that matters.
I am gonna buy it anyway.
Better to buy it now that I know I have the money, can download it a few days beforehand so I can play it right away at release day and you get useful bonuses.
Is this crazy? is your take crazy? i’ve been ‘preordering’ digital games so i can forget about it. Why would anyone assume that its because ‘they may run out’?
i risk more getting into my vehicle everyday and driving to work. you can play devils advocate all you want, i’m sure someone here would argue your points. what is being accomplished beforehand was already discussed above.
People preordered physical games because they could run out of stock, the OP is using satire to argue that once games become primarly digital the only reason to preorder disappeared.
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this is deceptive. in the beginning, this WAS true, but now pre orders come with limited time exclusive whatevers and its just exploiting peoples fears of missing out. sometimes it works on me, sometimes it does not.
I hadn't bought a game at launch in years, because they are never the best version (bugs and all that). I always wait about a year after a game comes out before I buy it. But Silent Hill 2 is my favorite game so I bought the remake at launch. Could not figure out how to progress in one section of the game. After like an hour, I decide to look it up online and learned that it was a bug and a door was supposed to open that never did. I will never buy a game at launch again lol.
I remember my little brother calling me to pre order GTA6 when it became available. I told him the same thing. Not like they're gonna run out. Glad I waited too tho. Got the $100 psn gift card at Costco for $80.
I’ve haven’t bought a game on release since BF4 and that was only cause I happened to go in the week before it released to get a PS4.
How do people catch the sales for popular games for PSN? I see like CP2077 went for like $15 a few months ago, but I was looking then and didn’t see it.
If I know that I'm going to buy a game, why wouldn't I preorder it? It'll preload a few days early, you can play as soon as it's released.
I'll be having a laugh at all the idiots trying to download 200GB (or whatever) of GTA6 on release day. I hope they have enough food and stay hydrated.
Dumb argument, pre orders have rewards, pre load, special cosmetics, early access, and you re helping them via steam algorithm to reach more people for a bigger launch day. I don't preorder much these days, but there's usually a reason
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