It's been years since pre-ordering was a value-add. The pre-order used to be cheaper and the bonuses were decent; now you pay full price for an incomplete product.
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Why stop there? Why not go for the deluxe version and buy a copy each for family and friends too then?
I am saying I get it cheaper, support devs and get to play day 1. Why is that hard for you to accept?
Where did I say it was cheaper day 1 than a few months later? I asked you how did you manage to get burned and you reply with this? Lol.
Most my games are not pre order and I wait for them to go under £20 at which point bugs are ironed out too. I said that in my first post.
As an example I have yet to buy the last of us, dead space and returnal. Want to play them all but waiting for them to go sub £20
The value is I get them cheaper, other I would not bother. Prices always go up on release day at cdkeys.
My last preorder Resident Evil 4. Was pretty complete to me
I used to pre-order tonnes of games when I was younger and it meant having a reservation in a shop or getting it sent out a day early from places like Play.com. The fact they haven't existed in 10 years probably shows how often I see the value in pre-ordering.
I think the only games I've pre-ordered in the last decade was probably the Mass Effect remaster and GTA:V
Nothing wrong with pre-ordering a game that works from day 1. I'll happily pay full price for a game that I want to play, as long as it's finished.The value is I get them cheaper, other I would not bother. Prices always go up on release day at cdkeys.
My last preorder Resident Evil 4. Was pretty complete to me
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That's flawed because you can't know it's finished until it's out.
Exactly, and also why I don't pre-order. I mean you could do it on Steam and get a refund, but buying it cheaper on something like CDKeys will lock you in.
I really wanted to play TLOU, would have payed full price no problem, now I'll wait for patches and get it for half the price. Sony said they'd keep doing ports because they're making a ton of money from it, so they, like many other studios, have very little incentive to finish games.
No it ain't. The review typically is out before the game. And even when it is not as long as you do not redeem the key you can ask for a refund at cdkeys
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Pre-ordering....so you can get the worst experience at the highest price, but hey, at least you don't have to deal with "fomo"...
They don't. I have canceled quite a few times. No issues.
That is true for the most part. But, do you never make any exceptions? Do you never fancy playing a game as soon as it is out?
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I preorder from time to time but it has to be something with some sort of track record. For example I preordered Baldurs Gate 3 because I absolutely love Divinity 1 and 2 and D&D so was a very high chance that I would enjoy BG3. I also preordered Diablo4 because I loved Diablo 1,2 and 3. I will undoubtedly preorder Civ 7 because I loved Civ 1,2,3,4,5 and 6, getting over 1,000 hours played out of both 5 and 6. So thorough was my enjoyment of Pathfinder that I had no qualms about preordering Pathfinder 2 (ended up with over 300 hours played in both and 100% them both) and as a result I have already preordered their next title - Roguetrader.
If they ever make another Metro game I'm pretty much odds on that I would preorder it considering how much I liked Metro 1,2 and 3. Given how much I loved the Anno titles, I'm almost certain to preorder the next Anno game.
I dont really preorder "unproven" or unknown titles but if I've got history, sometimes going back decades in things such as the Civ games, then its not unusual for me to preorder.
If they ever make another Metro game I'm pretty much odds on that I would preorder it considering how much I liked Metro 1,2 and 3. Given how much I loved the Anno titles, I'm almost certain to preorder the next Anno game.
I dont really preorder "unproven" or unknown titles but if I've got history, sometimes going back decades in things such as the Civ games, then its not unusual for me to preorder.
Very much this actually. If a new Fallout or ES is announced it is hard for me to stay away. It is the games with a dodgy history of being poor at launch (X series) and newer titles I tend to be cautious about.
Where did I say it was cheaper day 1 than a few months later? I asked you how did you manage to get burned and you reply with this? Lol.
Most my games are not pre order and I wait for them to go under £20 at which point bugs are ironed out too. I said that in my first post.
As an example I have yet to buy the last of us, dead space and returnal. Want to play them all but waiting for them to go sub £20
My comment about being burned was to do with quality upon release rather than pricing. A pre-release pricing being cheaper than day1/day7 prices wouldn't sway me to pre-order when it will drop in price in the following months.
What I was trying to get at was how comes you did not just get a refund once reviews were out?
I have been disappointed but never recall feeling burned. If it is that bad I just get a refund. You certainly can on steam and cdkeys.
As tombstone mention there are games one feels safer pre ordering or are just must play. I pre-order those and get it cheaper as a result
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You can't get a refund from CDKeys if you have redeemed or played the game though.
What I was trying to get at was how comes you did not just get a refund once reviews were out?
I have been disappointed but never recall feeling burned. If it is that bad I just get a refund. You certainly can on steam and cdkeys.
As tombstone mention there are games one feels safer pre ordering or are just must play. I pre-order those and get it cheaper as a result
You can't get a refund from CDKeys if you have redeemed or played the game though.
What I was trying to get at was how comes you did not just get a refund once reviews were out?
I have been disappointed but never recall feeling burned. If it is that bad I just get a refund. You certainly can on steam and cdkeys.
As tombstone mention there are games one feels safer pre ordering or are just must play. I pre-order those and get it cheaper as a result
Tbh, probably wasn't aware at the time of the refund policies/process. So almost a case of I've bought it, it's ****, now I'm stuck with it.
Obviously my own fault there, but it's certainly made me a lot more weary of pre-ordering anything even if you can cancel. But it's probably more the pricing now - as mentioned earlier I'm keen to play DI2, but basing the experience on the first two Dead Island games, I just don't feel the game would be worth the current £55. I might be completely wrong here and it could be 2-3 times the content that the earlier games have.
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Yes it is to blame, people with no impulse control have now given every dev and publisher the green light to toss out any old **** for £60, and then as a bonus they'll have a a percentage of those who bought the game on release who are baked-in brand/dev/publisher/IP stans who will defend their terrible releases for them on the internet.
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Why stop there? Why not go for the deluxe version and buy a copy each for family and friends too then?
I am saying I get it cheaper, support devs and get to play day 1. Why is that hard for you to accept?
I don't accept that getting the game cheaper is supporting the Devs; it makes no sense. The Devs are offering a small discount for pre-orders in order to sell the product prior to scrutiny, because when those negative reviews drop the chances of making sales drops, too.
There is literally no reason to offer pre order price reductions other than to cash grab by front running the review process, and Devs like that won't be getting my support.