This trend needs to end

[Norion]

Darashiva said:

Norion said:

The biggest reason would be multiplayer games since if someone has friends buying it at launch if they wait they might not get a chance to play it together if the friends get tired of it first. For single player games it's wanting to avoid spoilers and being able to take part in all the discussion and hype at launch but those are more manageable. 

Admittedly, I don't really play online multiplayer games so that's not much of a concern for me, but I can understand that for people who do. I haven't found it very difficult to avoid spoilers though, the only big thing I've been spoiled on over the last several years that I can recall is the big early moment in The Last of Us Part II, which a lot of very childish people having a temper tantrum made a point of spoiling for as many people as possible even before launch. 

I care quite a bit about spoilers but thankfully times like that where it's almost impossible to avoid unless you stop using the internet are rare. If I was very invested in the story and characters of something very popular I'd probably get it at launch but otherwise I'm fine with waiting.