Games

In general I agree but the transparency level shown by the Cities Skylines 2 team has me rethinking this.

Yep, I never preorder.

The last time I did was Batman: Arkham Knight, and that game was a mess at launch.

You can wait a few days to see the bugs come out, folks.

I pre-ordered Diablo 4 deluxe edition because I know I will pour 100's of hours in to the game.

I will however never buy any battle passes or other store items because of it not being free to play.

It's installed when I want to play it. Usually the counter I hear is that internet is fast enough where that isn't a problem. This is an argument, that gamers use to contend when the idea of online only was considered by Microsoft. The fact that I can preinstall 100GB of data beforehand at my leisure is worth it.

Especially now considering that steam offers free refunds up to 2 hours of gametime or 15 days after release? Realistically on PC there is very little reason to argue against it at this point in my opinion (obviously this is referring to PC, no need to do that for Consoles that don't provide these opportunities.

This isn't really a pro preorder, I just lost my frustrations with it when the risk was mitigated

I've pre-ordered AC Mirage (Amazon version with the physical map etc). but in my defence, i have played every AC game, platinumed most of them, and have NEVER had the pleasure of playing one at launch, so I'm allowed.

But after the fiasco that is Jedi Survivor (Which is now firmly half completed shoved in my backlog), I will never ever buy an EA launch title.

Does pre-ordering cyberpunk dlc count

I will if I chose to.

Normies will continue to pre-order games. You are just shouting at clouds. Please stop wasting our times with these posts. The battle was lost years ago.

Downvote edit: Maybe you didn’t like that reality with people living through high inflation but it is what it is around here. It becomes still more expensive than a preorder even with a discount after a few months.

If I could spare the cash at the moment, I’d preorder Spidey 2. I’ll preorder Marvel’s Wolverine when it opens as well. I don’t trust EA games to deliver but I’m positively biased towards Insomniac & Naughty Dog, for example. They never disappointed me.

One solid reason for preordering them in my country is the fact that prices go up at least 1.5 to 2x when they release. So if I care about the game, I do so to lock in a much cheaper price. Yeah, inflation and third world problems. So there’s that.

To be fair on 'what happened', games would occasionally run out of stock early at launch and pre-ordering would guarantee you a copy.

It's not really an issue now with everything being digital.

Stop buying single player games.

Don't support the disparity in wealth.