Or, and bear with me here, it would incentivize studios to release games when they're complete. They made good games (and lots of them) before pre orders were a thing.
Or, and bear with me here, it would incentivize studios to release games when they're complete.
No, because the people saying "I'm not manipulated my marketing, I wait a year to pay a third of the price" would still say the exact same thing if the games were complete. These people's main goal is to save money.
And, again, that's okay. More power to them. But they have to realize that method is only viable because other people buy the games on release, fund the bug fixes and the DLCs, and the future games. Studios can't prosper with games being sold at a third of their price.
So, maybe we shouldn't mock the people making the choice to buy games on release. Not only it is their choice, but it's also what allows others to make a different choice.
They made good games (and lots of them) before pre orders were a thing.
"They" also made a lot of shitty, buggy games. You just don't remember them, because they were shitty, buggy games. But there's a reason there are so many Youtubers whose entirer career is built on playing such games.
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u/itsRho 6h ago
Or, and bear with me here, it would incentivize studios to release games when they're complete. They made good games (and lots of them) before pre orders were a thing.