Should gamers be able to get a refund if a game is broken at launch such as Unity and Halo: MCC?

[kristianity77]

Hiku said:

kristianity77 said:
No I don't think so. The only way this practice will stop is if people hold off buying games until they have read reviews and let the people who are paid to do it tell you that a game is buggy as hell. Simple answer is, don't buy the game in the first place if it is like that. Wait until/if it gets patched, and then buy it at a cheaper price.

What about people who pre-order a game where its reviews are being held back by embargo until release day?
The publisher is offering people this option (usally with incentives) and at the same time preventing you from reading any reviews before you get the game.

There is pretty much almost no reason these days to pre order a game.  If someone is willing to shell out a load of cash before they have even seen the product working or even know if its good or not then they deserve to get shafted in my opinion.  You wouldn't pay money out on anything else in life without seeing it working first so why should anyone with games?  In this day and age the best practice is to wait for reviews and stuff.  If an embargo is in place for any game that takes someones fancy then wait it out.  Its only going to lessen sales when they do this.  People just need to be more vigilent in how they buy things and more specifically, when they buy them