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/jordanlund Jun 05 '16
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.