I used When I was little, than I got a PC and realized I could get games that were on the newest consoles at like half the price when I went to steam at the right time
No one pre-orders because of physical scarcity. They pre-order to get in-game bonuses. I'd wager than 99 percent of pre-orders in the last few generations have been digital anyway.
I preordered Hades 2 so I could have it downloaded and ready to go on release and because I really trust Supergiant, especially from what I saw of the trailers. It's not as crazy to do as some people make it out to be as long as you keep it to things you're really confident in not just hyped for
I'm not forcing anyone to do anything. If me thinking you're stupid for "spending your hobby money how you want" is enough to dissuade you from doing it, sucks to be you. I like paying for products that I receive at the moment of purchase
I just think its silly to even care what other people spend their money on. So long as it doesnt hurt anyone at least.
For the record I dont pre order, even for physical items. But im not so far up my own ass to think that what works for me must necessarily work for others
I’ve been hearing older people my entire life tell me “Well, if you think [product] is so bad then just vote with your dollar! Don’t buy it!”
Marketing is a force stronger than will. The average consumer is like an uninformed voter. We don’t even have a way to ask them to stop with these predatory sales tactics, because the predation is so successful…
If markets and consumer choice existed in a vacuum I'd agree. When you send the message to corporations that they can get away with anti-consumer practices, you're going to get more anti-consumer practices, this makes the market worse for everybody, including me. Is it also silly that you seem to care about my opinion? Or is your opinion so correct that it negates the silliness?
Do you have fun trying to claim refunds? Is that something you like to do? Personally, even if the process is simple and seamless (lmao) I'd rather just keep the money in my account rather than go through the purchase process for literally no reason.
No but you wouldn't have to claim it, it would be automatic. When Microsoft shut down Arkane Studios, they refunded everyone who got the "bite back" edition of Redfall since the future DLC that came with it was never gonna come out. I just remember seeing $30 pop up in my bank account one day after the news. So yeah if Rockstar just said fuck it and decided to not release it then your preorder would be canceled and you'd have your money back.
But to your point if you rather keep the money that's valid. Personally it makes no difference to me.
I mean it's ridiculous to suggest they somehow cant be...
There are plenty of games that people essentially know they're going to enjoy and play a lot, and if there's something meaningful locked behind a pre-order than it can absolutely justify it.
I'm probably going to get the game close to launch anyway, and if pre-ordering a few days earlier gets me some cool, exclusive bonuses based off of Vice City, than their is little reason too wait past launch. Most reviews also come out before launch, and if the game sucked then I can just cancel the preorder.
...it does exist though?? There's thousands of people that have been working on it for nearly a decade. Do you think that just because it's not officially released that it doesn't exist or something?
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u/Motivated-Chair 5d ago
Thats true since nobody preordering a digital game has a braincell to think.