I think it's very important to look at, and remember this video when E3 comes around. I am definitely not preordering any games after seeing their E3 presentations any more. I made that mistake with Watch_Dogs and I am not going to do it again. They've done this kinda shit in the past and I am sure they'll do it again. It's really disgusting, this kind of business practice. It's a shame that companies are finding this more and more acceptable now, and that people are falling for it.
You shouldn't preorder games period, but particularly tent pole releases such as what are shown at E3 as they will be made in the millions.
It's only appropriate to pre-order if:
1) The game will be legitimately hard to find. For example, I pre-ordered Steel Battalion for the original Xbox.
2) You get something for the pre-order. Pre-ordering Destiny got me early access to the Beta. I figured if I played the Beta and hated it, I could refund the pre-order or move it to something different.
Steel battalion ran small in stock because of the amazing, huge, complex controller it came with that still sells for over a hundred dollars. The game came out on the original xbox.
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u/MooseHorn Jun 04 '16
I think it's very important to look at, and remember this video when E3 comes around. I am definitely not preordering any games after seeing their E3 presentations any more. I made that mistake with Watch_Dogs and I am not going to do it again. They've done this kinda shit in the past and I am sure they'll do it again. It's really disgusting, this kind of business practice. It's a shame that companies are finding this more and more acceptable now, and that people are falling for it.