I would never pre-order a game, except...

Brutal biff · 20 Nov 2021 at 17:00

dont laugh

i preordered new world

.Lethal · 20 Nov 2021 at 20:11

Andrew_McP said:
If I were Chris Roberts (and who would want to be?) I'd close the project down quietly one weekend and send every backer a t-shirt. "I bought Star Citizen & all I got was this lousy T-shirt". I'd appreciate that more than the game now.

Anyone who's spent more than $5k on pretend spaceships** would get a bonus: "Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" printed on the back.

I was with you dude,

Andrew_McP said:
[**Disclaimer, I spent about £700 on pretend iRacing cars and tracks]

Until I saw this.

Hang your head in shame.

chrcoluk · 20 Nov 2021 at 20:15

Pre ordering goes against my basic principles.

However so many games I am interested in will tie exclusive content to pre ordering.

Andrew_McP · 20 Nov 2021 at 22:49

.Lethal said:
Hang your head in shame.

Hello, my name's Andrew and I'm five years clean. #ColdTurkey

K1LaW8tt5 · 21 Nov 2021 at 09:21

Pre-ordering games made sense when it was to reserve a physical copy of a game in your local store. Pre-ordering a digital copy of the game to get skins and early access is just insane.

.Lethal · 21 Nov 2021 at 18:34

weldon855 said:
Pre-ordering games made sense when it was to reserve a physical copy of a game in your local store. Pre-ordering a digital copy of the game to get skins and early access is just insane.

Why is it acceptable for physical but not digital copies in your opinion?

Josey Wales · 21 Nov 2021 at 18:35

Pre ordered DCS Apache 64, last game i purchased was probably Left for Dead 2

Klunt Bumskrint · 21 Nov 2021 at 18:38

.Lethal said:
Why is it acceptable for physical but not digital copies in your opinion?

Maybe because they can run out of physical copies of a popular title?

.Lethal · 21 Nov 2021 at 18:41

Klunt Bumskrint said:
Maybe because they can run out of physical copies of a popular title?

I don't remember that happening after we had the internet and digital copies, when the quality of games often significantly dropped to the point where many feel they were never finished.

K1LaW8tt5 · 21 Nov 2021 at 19:21

.Lethal said:
Why is it acceptable for physical but not digital copies in your opinion?

I didn't actually say it was acceptable..... I said it made more sense back in the days when stores might have run out of games on release day etc....

Klunt Bumskrint said:
Maybe because they can run out of physical copies of a popular title?

Exactly. although it's obviously not an issue these days because everything can be got digitally.

.Lethal · 21 Nov 2021 at 19:29

weldon855 said:
I didn't actually say it was acceptable..... I said it made more sense back in the days when stores might have run out of games on release day etc....

Exactly. although it's obviously not an issue these days because everything can be got digitally.

You're saying buying physical copies made sense because it could sell out, only to acknowledge that it's no longer a thing in recent years.

I don't know what you're actually saying that's relevant to this topic regarding games being pre-ordered in modern times that are released in unfinished states.

I get in the 90s and early 2000s pre-ordering for a physical copies was a thing due to scarcity but most people will also agree that games from that era didn't have the sort of problems many have today. We didn't have a choice for digital copies back then.

K1LaW8tt5 · 21 Nov 2021 at 19:48

.Lethal said:
You're saying buying physical copies made sense because it could sell out, only to acknowledge that it's no longer a thing in recent years.

I don't know what you're actually saying that's relevant to this topic regarding games being pre-ordered in modern times that are released in unfinished states.

I get in the 90s and early 2000s pre-ordering for a physical copies was a thing due to scarcity but most people will also agree that games from that era didn't have the sort of problems many have today. We didn't have a choice for digital copies back then.

I'm sorry I can't help you put the pieces together.

.Lethal · 21 Nov 2021 at 19:53

weldon855 said:
I'm sorry I can't help you put the pieces together.

Hah

weldon855 said:
Pre-ordering games made sense when it was to reserve a physical copy of a game in your local store. Pre-ordering a digital copy of the game to get skins and early access is just insane.

You never said you were talking about physical copies from decades ago

K1LaW8tt5 · 21 Nov 2021 at 20:05

.Lethal said:
Hah

You never said you were talking about physical copies from decades ago

The "made" kind of indicates I'm talking about the past.... I really didn't think my post needed to be dissected and explained.

.Lethal · 21 Nov 2021 at 20:18

weldon855 said:
I really didn't think my post needed to be dissected and explained.

You didn't do a great job trying to explain, since putting the pieces together was quite difficult for you

K1LaW8tt5 · 21 Nov 2021 at 20:37

.Lethal said:
You didn't do a great job trying to explain, since putting the pieces together was quite difficult for you

Oh look a clown.

.Lethal · 21 Nov 2021 at 22:36

weldon855 said:
Oh look a clown.

uh oh, I've "made" him angry.

K1LaW8tt5 · 21 Nov 2021 at 22:45

.Lethal said:
uh oh, I've "made" him angry.

Delighted you learned something. Keep up the good work.

.Lethal · 21 Nov 2021 at 22:48

weldon855 said:
Delighted you learned something. Keep up the good work.

Thanks mate. Try making some friends, it'll help you work on those social skills. There's a OcUK discord, might be a good place to start before diving into anything outside.

TNA · 22 Nov 2021 at 08:20

I still pre-order games I intend to play day 1. Why? Simple, they tend to be cheaper that way as the price at cdkeys more often than not goes up as soon as it is released. If it was not for that I would not bother.