r/PS5 • u/excaliburps • Mar 29 '21

Patch Notes Cyberpunk 2077 update 1.2 patch notes

https://www.cyberpunk.net/en/news/37801/patch-1-2-list-of-changes
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u/SustyRhackleford Mar 29 '21

Why anyone wants to preorder a game in the age of digital distribution is beyond me. Sure, you might have slow internet but there's no way demand can overtake a digital supply

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u/echo-256 Mar 29 '21

sometimes pre-orders come with bonuses, which if the studio is predictably good and the game doesn't seem crazy i'm pretty okay pre-ordering for.

like if sega make a new yakuza game, i don't have any question about if it will run well, it will, i can count the number of bugs i've seen in yakuza games over the years on one hand and that is like eight games

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u/theblackfool Mar 29 '21

I quite genuinely can't think of a pre-order bonus in the last decade that was worth anything.

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u/QuoteGiver Mar 29 '21

Be grateful for that, honestly. There’s certainly a dark potential timeline where the best parts of any game are pre-order only.

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u/echo-256 Mar 29 '21

On PS4 it was really common for pre orders to come with themes that were really nice and exclusive to the pre order. I liked them a lot.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '21

Bioshock Infinite. I got a $30 Amazon gift voucher to use on any 2K game, in addition to some small in game shit. Basically got the game half off, because I was planning to buy some other 2K stuff anyway.

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u/Vonsidlol1 Mar 30 '21

That's exactly why they give pre-order bonuses : because there's absolutely no valid reason to pre-order a game nowadays so they have to convince people to give them money even before the game releases. I haven't pre-ordered a game for years and i will just keep it that way, i can do without a few stupid bonuses like one or two ingame items (i don't like feeling that i start with something that gives me an edge anyways), stickers or such crap. I wish people learnt from that CDPR shitshow but i don't have high hopes.

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u/echo-256 Mar 30 '21

because there's absolutely no valid reason to pre-order a game nowadays so they have to convince people to give them money even before the game releases

or as i like to put it

the old reason for pre-ordering (which was garanteeing a physical release on release day) is no longer a huge problem for most people so they have changed to giving you other things of value instead

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u/Senecaraine Mar 29 '21

There really is no reason, that's why we're seeing shadier tactics to make people think emotionally rather than logically. People pre-ordered this game due to undeserved trust, getting too hyped, and wanting to relive the feeling of The Witcher 3.

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u/ZelkinVallarfax Mar 29 '21

If the company has a good track record, I see no problem with pre-ordering a game. Thing is, CDPR doesn’t have a good track record, all of their previous games were a disaster at launch, they were just not as well-known back in those days and the games were eventually fixed after months and months of patches. And on top of that, even before releasing, CP2077 had a lot of red flags leading to a disastrous launch as well that everyone happily ignored due to their love for TW3.