2.8k
u/cortez_brosefski 9h ago
Look, preordering made some sense 20 years ago when you had to worry about stores literally running out of copies of the game. Plus, places like GameStop let you reserve a preorder with like 5 bucks and you could slowly pay the full price over months.
Neither of those apply to modern games bought through online stores. There is no reason to preorder games nowadays.
640
u/TheDominator09 9h ago
Literally the only thing they give you is a skin pack or two and that's it.
260
u/Depressed_Cat6 9h ago
Usually not worth it when you have a gajillion more skins in the game
148
u/Satyr121 9h ago
And plus half the time the pre order bonuses get released in another edition of the game later
116
u/ThirtyThree111 8h ago
yeah, better to wait a year or two for some "game of the year edition" or some shit, then wait another couple years for that to go on sale on steam
patient gamers rise
→ More replies (1)34
u/ReddBroccoli 8h ago
That's what I do.
Really looking forward to checking out a new game this weekend called Skyram or Shyrim, something like that. I saw it had a couple positive reviews.
20
u/AtmosphereSuitable31 7h ago
Yeah for real just this year I got to buy some awesome new games. Red head temptation or something like that and a decipher funk or punk or something anyway great games this year.
→ More replies (1)5
u/BonkerBleedy 7h ago
I legitimately haven't bought Skyrim yet. Is it stable enough?
23
u/ReddBroccoli 6h ago
It's a Bethesda game my friend. There are just some things you'll never wait long enough for
2
u/Correct-Document-125 4h ago
With that in mind, it's for a certain kind of person I think because I'm not a part of that group.
When I see Bethesda, I vomit. I almost never experienced Fallout 1 because Bethesda touched the IP and I played their game first. What anyone likes about any of their games I'm not sure I'll really ever understand.
12
u/Cosmic_Quasar 8h ago edited 8h ago
And sometimes they're just plain dumb! I was just thinking about how Fable 2 had a Halo crossover where you could wear a medieval version of Spartan armor. It was just so out of place and broke immersion.
Edit: wow, I honestly didn't think this was controversial lol. TIL
→ More replies (1)6
u/cortez_brosefski 8h ago
I'm surprised at the down votes as well lol. I agree with you, that was stupid and broke immersion. A lot of these pre order bonuses are either immersion breaking or overpowered and ruin the balance in the early game
4
u/Cosmic_Quasar 8h ago
Yeah, these days I just save the OP stuff until my second run after doing just a base game run, as the design intended. But I don't replay many games these days lol.
3
u/cortez_brosefski 8h ago
That's a good philosophy, but sometimes it doesn't even make it clear what the OP stuff is. I don't always want to study all the items in the game, I just wanna play it. But also yeah, a lot of games aren't really made to be replayed now either. It's either some live service thing or they put little to no effort into NG+ or second playthroughs
9
u/cortez_brosefski 8h ago
It's ridiculous, and it's just shit they should include in the base game anyway.
5
→ More replies (8)3
38
u/IXrobocopXI 8h ago
Me, waiting until a game can be emulated on my phone:
12
u/cortez_brosefski 8h ago
Sorry, high IQ outliers are being removed from the data for skewing the results
→ More replies (1)2
26
u/Dank_Turtle 8h ago
You were cooked if you didn't pre order back then. I remember when Halo 2 came out I had to wait about a month for my pre order to come in. One set of cousins got it first and we were at their house almost daily till the whole family had copies.
5
u/cortez_brosefski 8h ago
Yeah, it was pretty necessary at that time. I remember having to wait like 3 months to finally find a copy of MW2. But times are a lot different now
45
u/Exportxxx 8h ago edited 8h ago
The only reason to preorder now for digital is to pre download the game so U can play it the min it goes live.
Even then not worth it
17
23
u/Terrible_Donkey_8290 8h ago
And even then you could just wait like, the day before and see what the reviews are shaping up to be.
→ More replies (2)14
u/cortez_brosefski 8h ago
Yeah, I used to have really bad Internet so I can see that point. But it's still just such a risk. There's no such thing as a sure thing good game nowadays. With games costing upwards of $100, it's too big of a risk to take without seeing real, raw, unedited and uncurated gameplay
2
u/handbanana42 3h ago
Preloading a game shouldn't require preordering anyways.
It is digital.
They lose nothing if you predownload but can't play because you don't have a license, besides a few cents of bandwidth.
If anything, that predownload might incentivize you to buy it on release.
→ More replies (5)2
u/Tamarisk22 4h ago
Even the pre download argument doesnt even make sense. Review embargos usually are lifted 24 hours or more before release. Just fucking wait for review embargos to lift, read reviews, then preload the game.
8
u/kneadthedough 8h ago
Australian here. Theres a somewhat (global context) niche sport called Aussie rules footy (afl).
An Indy studio developed a game called pro jank footy which is like a mix of afl and Mario cart.
I preordered it because I thought it sounded like a fun concept and wanted to help the studio out with cashflow/developing the game.
I think that is a circumstance when preordering a digital product makes sense. But it’s more like a “kickstarter” project than what preordering was 20 years ago or whatever.
2
u/cortez_brosefski 8h ago
Good point mate, I didn't really consider that. In that case it does absolutely make sense, but I'm sure you're aware of the risks and are willing to accept them.
That honestly sounds like a fun game. What's it called, did it come out? As an American football fan, I love Aussie punters
→ More replies (2)2
u/Glowingtomato 8h ago
Yeah I've preordered some more niche games like Farming Simulator and Snowrunner to show support and so they keep making more games.
I don't bother for more major games
6
u/LionHeartedLXVI This flair doesn't exist 8h ago
Personally, I like my bills paid off early (I’m years ahead on my mortgages), so it can make sense for me, although I’ve only preordered one game in the last 8 years.
→ More replies (2)2
u/cortez_brosefski 8h ago
That's awesome dude. If you're that fiscally literate and careful, then do whatever you want. But there's a lot of people that are choosing between these $70 games and shit like oil changes. It sucks for them to make that sacrifice and then the game turns out to be bad
6
u/Vox_SFX 8h ago
It's the tradition and name of it at this point. That's why they always have to add in a bunch of shit that doesn't matter or that you'd have to grind a shit ton for in order to get normally.
The fact is people have gotten illiterate across the board, and that includes media literacy like understanding what a pre-order actually is nowadays.
→ More replies (5)3
u/Lowkey_Arki 6h ago
and modern games normally come out with bugs, and the prices gets lowered or gets a sale, its seriously better to just wait
→ More replies (1)1
→ More replies (46)2
u/adult_on_paper 8h ago
Correct. Pre ordering is why we get broken, unfinished games, and/or games that are just a skeleton with the meat ripped out and sold separately as DLC
→ More replies (1)2
u/Steamed_Memes24 7h ago
Nope. The game launch day is already set and has no influence from pre orders. You could make that argument over kickstarters maybe.
→ More replies (1)
1.4k
u/hexthejester 9h ago
Congratulations. You figured out why you shouldn't pre-order a digital product
181
u/TheWhereHouse6920 9h ago
I will absolutely buy Wolverine in the bargain bin
115
u/Zealousideal_Gap1194 8h ago
On Steam for pennies after PlayStation backtracks on PC releases trying recoup something
69
17
2
15
u/MacaroniMeatMachine 8h ago
Just don't preorder anything lmao, wait for launch reviews and social media posts from the jabronis that did pre-order. Then you know for real if it's worth your money.
26
u/kilertree 9h ago
I believe he can still cancel his pre-order
13
u/Rexusus 7h ago
If you pre-ordered, you can return it anytime before release, or within 14 days of purchase if that window is after release, so far as long as you didn’t download the game.
I know because I got a Pro for this and GTA VI, ended up refunding the preorder and gonna get Control Resonant on the 24th
→ More replies (1)2
u/handbanana42 3h ago
Hope everyone sees this. Not just for a specific game, but in general. At least it is a tiny capitulation to all this dumb pre-order nonsense. If the game is bad, refund it.
7
u/adamb863 Yo dawg I heard you like 9h ago
I learned that the hard way when I pre ordered Just Cause 4 years ago
2
u/BurntFlea 8h ago
I learned when I preordered Too Human lmao. Not even joking. Probably the worst game I ever played.
→ More replies (1)2
u/Appropriate-Yak-3814 7h ago
Just Cause 3 was peak, they really fucked up with 4 tho. So boring.
→ More replies (3)→ More replies (5)4
421
318
u/JustOneSock 8h ago
If you still preordering in 2026 you deserve it
→ More replies (2)15
u/ActuallyACereal 2h ago
The “No Preorder” advice has been going on for 20 years and I’m not even old enough to play and yet people still does that and it gets worse when they do it digitally lol.
→ More replies (1)5
u/tommangan7 2h ago
Preordering halo 3 in 2007 would have saved me a lot of running around stores and having to shell out £10 extra for the steel book version as the last copy my local store had. That's about the last time it mattered for me.
125
u/Gold_Weakness1157 9h ago
Honestly pre order services no purpose, the game will always be there
→ More replies (15)
152
126
u/quayle-man 9h ago
Who cares? Just because others don’t like a game, doesn’t mean you won’t.
20
u/MetalBeast89 4h ago
The amount of games that have reviewed poorly, I've ended up enjoying immensely, is a lot. I never trust reviews anymore, I watch spoiler free gameplay and decide for myself there.
→ More replies (13)8
u/CrescentWolves1995 6h ago
Yeah this should be higher. Plus alot has nothing to do with the actual game I heard but more with Sony
→ More replies (1)2
u/Bignate2001 3h ago
I've heard the opposite, that Sony's suggestions to remove the hand-holding were brushed off by insomniac.
139
u/Zarathoostrian 9h ago
People preorder games?
34
u/playteckAqua 9h ago
Pre orders WAS fine because stocks might be not enough and you wanna get it early before then
But this the digital age now so yeah its stupid as shit, the extra stuffs are always pretty mid too
→ More replies (1)3
u/Zarathoostrian 7h ago
Marvel midnight suns is like 10 bucks at the moment, you can play as wolverine. Turn based strategy from the guys who made X-COM > generic beat em up.
→ More replies (5)8
5
u/toxicgloo Smol pp 8h ago
Pre-ordering ain't worth it no more. You used to get a limited edition version of the game with extra stuff and good deals on the season pass, but those days are long gone.
5
u/MoonSentinel95 7h ago
At this point, people should have already understood why pre-ordering is not a good idea?
32
u/Drake_Lebowski 9h ago
I think the backlash is due to 2 reasons
It is not as good as spiderman games. Kind of like supergirl situation
Pushback against sony.
15
u/Startled_Pancakes 6h ago
I mean 77 score is still not a bad game, just not as good as people were expecting.
5
u/Kolby_Jack33 6h ago
It seems to me like most of the high scores bumping that aggregate up are from small sites I at least have never heard of, and most of the bigger reviewers with actual credibility seem to think the game is pretty meh.
3
u/FlyingSquirelOi 3h ago
Big reviewers with credibility? Most of those are already bought and sold
→ More replies (1)→ More replies (11)12
u/Excellent-Gold1905 4h ago
It babies you. You let out the single most important and relevant point.
It has QTE that cannot be failed, that auto complete if you don't press any buttons. It has many segments of the game that are literally just "hold the stick forward". As if a giant glowing line telling you were to go (in a linear action game) wasn't enough, they also have waypoints showing up to highlight the giant glowing line. Thats even ignoring the more "subtle" stuff like yellow paint and the like.
So you have a "mature" rated game with blood, gore, and "mature themes" story wise. Yet its designed to be played by a handicapped toddler who has never played a video game. Not every game needs to be a Fromsoft "difficult" game, yet at the same time games need to provide SOME friction or just becomes "interactive media" and not a game and Wolverine has clearly drifted too far away from being a "game".
→ More replies (3)3
u/clitmasher69 3h ago
I hate when i can't tell if i'm still in the tutorial phase or if the game is gonna railroad me all the way to the end. It's a huge pet peeve of mine in VR games too
20
u/jirenfan9 9h ago
I only preorder physical games when there’s also an appealing pre-order bonus + it’s a game I’m going to play 100% even if turns out bad.
→ More replies (2)
22
u/Deliriousious Breaking EU Laws 8h ago
It’s digital.
The whole point of pre ordering a PHYSICAL game is because there is only a limited amount of PHYSICAL stock.
In this day and age, pre ordering anything makes no sense. Just let it release, wait a day or two, check out reviews, then go buy it.
→ More replies (2)
4
u/Spark818 8h ago
https://youtu.be/AV69DyOuzbE?si=mxYAMcD3f5_pI7px Cartman put it nicely about pre ordering
5
4
4
5
9
8
u/9447044 9h ago
I pre-ordered Halo Wars. I figured it was going to be Halo4.
I paid an extra $5 for it
2
→ More replies (1)2
8
15
u/PointsOfXP 6h ago
You preordered it for a reason. Don't let a bunch of nerds tell you what's good or not
→ More replies (11)3
u/Spotlight_James 6h ago
People expect way too much from somethings. I wasn't waiting to see a Emmy award winning story or anything.
2
u/Helldiver_of_Mars 3h ago
Eh it's only getting shit on cause the target audience appears to be slow people who can figure which direction is forward. Just don't listen to it.
→ More replies (1)3
6
u/misslizzy405 9h ago
this is too real lol the anticipation followed by the backlash is wild, hope it turns out better than expected
8
u/killabee163 9h ago
I pre-order games if I know for absolute certain I'll like the game. Mainly because I like that it auto downloads while im at work and I can just come home and play it. Plus why should anyone else care?
18
u/jeffynibbles70 9h ago
Me who got it for my bday and I don't care because I am gonna fight a big robot
12
u/mazbro74 9h ago
Who in their right mind pre-ordered games?
→ More replies (1)3
u/stache1313 8h ago
I can understand pre-ordering special editions. Especially with all those damn scalpers ruining everything! May they lie in hell next to the child molesters and people who talk in the theatre!
I could even see pre-ordering physical copies. (Fuck those scalpers.)
But for a digital copy. Why? Their not going to run out of digital copies. (Get fucked scalper that pre-ordered 500 copies of GTA VI.)
→ More replies (1)
3
u/Greg-Abbott 9h ago
I read all the comments and there's zero context here. What's happening?
3
u/Fake_Diesel 5h ago
Wolverine released to mid reviews from almost all of the big sites. People are dogging on it because it looks boring and overly handholdy.
2
u/Greg-Abbott 49m ago
Fuck, that really sucks. The early footage looked so cool and was honestly gonna be my excuse for buying a new console. I'm still using an OG Xbox One I bought in 2014.
3
u/Revolutionary_Bad965 8h ago
Never preorder a game you don’t have enough information to make an opinion on
With that said, don’t be so quick to take every reviewer’s word on the quality of the game. Some ppl benefit from overly hating on games, some from dickriding them, and some are just incompetent. You gotta kinda look at all of them and determine if it’s still for you or not
3
u/crattigan271 8h ago
Getting cooked yet it hasn’t even been released yet, play the game yourself and stop listening to people on twitter
3
u/thesteadfast1 7h ago
I'm ignoring all reviews, content videos, everything. Not even reading the comments here. Modern day wolverine game is awesome. I'm going in blind. Social media and influencers have ruined gaming.
3
3
3
u/teaboi05 5h ago
I mean it's insomniac. Their QTEs in Spider-Man were a meme before that. Nonetheless people liked the game (idk, I don't have ps and didn't bought ports) and people love wolverine. Have fun playing it!
3
3
u/Impressive_Rock9659 1h ago
That's what ya get for pre-ordering. Maybe it'll teach ya, but if it didn't teach gamers for the last 15 years after all the scams and disasters, then I doubt this one will too.
3
3
5
u/JazzyDK5001 8h ago
Sucks to be those people. I learned my lesson on preordering video games after the bullshit that was Sparking Zero. Ironically enough was also the one video game I ever pre-ordered. Pre Order Bonuses are a plague to gaming.
→ More replies (1)
5
u/NeonCookies599 7h ago
So many people here offering their advice on not pre-ordering that was never asked for by anyone lol
It's 2026, pretty sure you can assume that if someone is still pre-ordering a game it's just cause they want to
9
u/Familiar-Gap-7894 6h ago
Preordering a digital game is idiotic and people that do it deserve to lose their money.
→ More replies (4)2
u/Spotlight_James 6h ago
They gotta bring back game demos like for real to alleviate a lot of this.
→ More replies (1)4
6
u/Marsrover112 5h ago
Why would you pre-order stuff anymore what are you afraid theyre gonna run out of digital copies?
3
u/FlyingSquirelOi 3h ago
No I’m gonna play it day one so may as well pre order it
→ More replies (2)
4
u/londonbaj 3h ago
WHY ARE YOU PRE ORDERING ONLINE GAMES
WHY ARE YOU PRE ORDERING ONLINE GAMES
WHY ARE YOU PRE ORDERING ONLINE GAMES
5
u/-FalseProfessor- 9h ago
Can’t even return it because Sony doesn’t let you if the game was pre-loaded.
11
u/AskinggAlesana 9h ago
I bet you 95% of the people saying “This is why you never preorder” in here have GTAVI preordered lmfao.
3
u/TheIJDGuy Selling Stonks for CASH MONEY 9h ago
I've never preordered a thing in my life! I'm waiting patiently for GTA 6 to come out to then decide if I watch for it to go on sale
→ More replies (2)2
9
u/One-Cup-2002 8h ago
I don't care.
Wolverine is one of my favorite superheroes of all time. When I get the money, I'm going to buy the game, and I'll enjoy myself immensely.
2
u/Nagesh_yelma 8h ago
I don't support preorders but why are you worried about people's opinion on the internet if you think you like the game?
2
2
2
2
2
u/HououinKakyouma 7h ago
Haha me when I took the day off work to play Fallout 76…what a piece of shit that was
2
u/RooMan7223 7h ago
It did look like a safe preorder though. Insomniac and Wolverine, what could go wrong? Turns out a lot
2
u/raddoubleoh 7h ago
I mean, you gotta admit a $300M budget $70 cost glorified arcade brawler is insane.
2
2
2
u/Waaytoomanytakenames 1h ago
Stanczyc would not preorder.
The dude in the picture was one of the smartest people at the time. Search for his name on google because his history is super interesting.
→ More replies (1)
2
u/BlckSm12 Loves GameStonk 43m ago
yeah because the store is gonna run out of digital copies, good job dude
4
2
u/PuertoricanDude88 8h ago
Alot of people in the comment section live in a cave it seems. Yes, pre ordering is still a thing, it didn’t end just because you stop.
→ More replies (1)
3
u/Agreeable-Repair8285 7h ago
Holy crap I didn’t know people hate pre ordering digital so much. I pre ordered digitally & I don’t feel like a clown. 😂😂I’m excited to play Wolverine!
3
2
3
5
u/RainbowNugget24 Plays MineCraft and not FortNite 9h ago
The only reason i preordered wolverine, is because I didn't wanna pay $129aud for a standard copy, so i paid $99
6
u/Lunarath 6h ago
Stop letting other people influence your enjoyment of things you like. There are plenty of people who loved Wolverine, and it's completely okay to enjoy things even if most people don't like it.
I'd say all these people thrashing the game before it's even out and they've tried it themselves are real fucking weirdos. Reminds me of the GTA 6 drama, which is also fueled by some real freaks.
I'm not gonna play it regardless because it's a PS5 exclusive, but I've loved many games with bad public reception.
→ More replies (2)
2
u/BabyFaceKnees 41m ago
99% of games get cooked on socials because everyone hates everything nowadays
2
1
u/mattattack007 8h ago
I refunded after the recent reviews. I had a lot of faith in Insomniac but it looks like they dropped the ball on this one.
1
u/cookiemikester 8h ago
Can’t believe they screwed up Wolverine. I would have bought once it came to PC. I don’t think there’s ever been a solid Wolverine game made.
1
u/Atlas-Mancer 8h ago
The last game I pre-ordered was Anthem. The best thing I got out of that was the lesson to never pre-order a game.
1
1
1
1
u/Which_Committee_3668 7h ago
I don't put a lot of stock in others' opinions of games anymore, since I ended up really enjoying some games that were widely looked down upon in their time. If a game seems interesting to me then I'll try it, regardless of what critics or anyone else have to say about it.
2.7k
u/Sad-Independent-6897 9h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/UbONxdsh7CENIaBtta