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Forums - Gaming - The Game Industry and Pre-Ordering: When Are Pre-Orders Okay?

 

What do you think of pre-ordering?

It's terrible and needs to go away! 2 4.88%
 
Only if it has cool extra... 19 46.34%
 
Only as a last resort. 3 7.32%
 
It was never a good thing to begin with. 8 19.51%
 
Other (Comment!) : ) 9 21.95%
 
Total:41
Cloudman on 10 February 2015
Intrinsic said:
I may sound crazy, but I think the current model of pre ordering is flawed.

First off so far this gen I only buy digitally, and a digital pre order makes even less sense than just waiting for the game to release and paying. as far as I'm concerned like most other things in the gaming industry they have got this backward.

Pre orders only make sense if they are actually cheaper than buying post release. you are basically telling a publisher that you will buy or have already bought their game before they even release it so why should you pay the same amount? makes zero sense to me.


Trust me, I  doubt anyone will think you're crazy for thinking that : ^)

The pre-order for digital does seem kinda good if it pre-downloads early for your game. The sooner you can play, the better, right?



 

              

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fleischr on 10 February 2015

-When you have a good feeling there will be stock issues
-When you want publisher to establish more working capital for polishing and properly marketing the game
-When there's a nifty, physical pre-order bonus



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Gammalad on 10 February 2015

The only games I really pre-order are Nintendo games tbh, like I have 7 games pre-ordered right now and the majority of them are Nintendo.



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Augen on 10 February 2015

I rarely ever do. If I do it is generally a niche title might struggle to find otherwise and want to support that company for bringing it over.



Sunstrider on 10 February 2015

I only pre-order when I feel the game is gonna be a blast, only pre-ordered once though with GTA V and it was worth it, for me at least.



             

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OttoniBastos on 10 February 2015

OT: When the game is good and the DLCs are just costumes or something like that.Besides that wait for the complete edition.



gigantor21 on 10 February 2015

Just buy what you want, for fuck's sake. If people have a problem with how you spend YOUR money, they can give you the money to spend it how they want you to.



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POE on 10 February 2015

When are pre-orders ok?
Never.



The_Sony_Girl1 on 10 February 2015
Cloudman said:
The_Sony_Girl1 said:
If the game has a pre-order bonus, I will not pre-order it.

Not even for a cool toy or book of something? : ) No bonus what so ever? Just honestly curious.

We don't get those stuff in the Philippines. And for some reason, the download codes never seem to work. Besides, I usually buy the Complete version. The one with all DLC. That validates all the pre-order DLC I never got.



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sundin13 on 10 February 2015

There are only two situations in which I think preorders make any sense:
1. When there may be stock issues. After the whole Xenoblade thing, I was pretty scared that Last Story would suffer the same fate. I was able to get Xenoblade near launch luckily, but I didn't want to risk missing out on a cool game that had already received its fair share of good press across the rest of the world, so I pre ordered.

2. When there are physical rewards. Pre-order DLC feels like something ripped out of the game, but a physical bonus is just a neat collectors item for fans of the franchise. I do think that this should only be limited to existing franchises though. This was the case with Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. It came with that awesome golden Wii Remote, which I needed in my life, so I pre ordered.