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Pre-ordering games

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:04 pm
by Talvieno
How likely are you to pre-order something? (Note: This has nothing to do with LT. LT will still not be available for pre-order.)

Second note and edit: Backing a project on Kickstarter does not qualify as pre-ordering.

Re: Pre-ordering games

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:15 pm
by IronDuke
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Not actually true, just wanted a pre-order meme. :ghost:

--IronDuke

Re: Pre-ordering games

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:16 pm
by Talvieno
I reset the poll, forgot an option and switched a couple around. There were only two votes so far, though.

Re: Pre-ordering games

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:21 pm
by Victor Tombs
I voted! :angel:

Re: Pre-ordering games

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 3:41 pm
by Cody
I pre-ordered a couple of Beatles albums, way back when.

Re: Pre-ordering games

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 3:42 pm
by Talvieno
I don't quite think that qualifies as "games". :lol:

Re: Pre-ordering games

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 6:23 pm
by Cody
I bought a board game in '73 which I most certainly would've pre-ordered had I known it was being made.

Re: Pre-ordering games

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 6:58 pm
by Hyperion
After Spore, I decided never to pre-order again.

Godus was the one exception, because I loved Black and White and thought this would be similar, but instead it's proof Peter Molyneux is full of shit, and that final burn set my refusal in stone.

Re: Pre-ordering games

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:03 pm
by Flatfingers
Excluding Kickstarter, not pre-ordering is sort of a test of will for me.

I mean, it's not like they're not going to release the game if I don't pre-order one copy.

And I'm never going to feel a need to compete with other people to try to "beat" the game before anybody else does. (Or to be first to release a review or Let's Play video before anybody else.)

So why not wait till it's released?

Note: I might break this rule for System Shock 3.

Maybe.

Re: Pre-ordering games

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:19 pm
by Mordakai
I'll pre-order if there's a pre-order discount and it's something I know I'm going to buy either way (recent example being that new X-COM 2 Expansion) of if they're throwing in some non trivial bonus, like the Norsca DLC for Total Warhammer 2.

Re: Pre-ordering games

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 4:48 pm
by Grumblesaur
I've never pre-ordered a game. I've backed several crowdfunded games, but I'm not backing any more until all the ones I've backed have been released.

So far, I've backed Limit Theory, Hiveswap (Homestuck Adventure Game), Armikrog, Star Citizen, and Obduction. Armikrog was released, and it's garbage. Obduction's out too, and what few hours I've played of it I've enjoyed.

I'm not touching Star Citizen until Squadron 42 is out, which might be another decade. :ghost: Hiveswap is coming out September 14th. As for LT, you guys know the story. I don't mind crowdfunding because it's supporting a game that won't happen otherwise, but pre-ordering rubs me the wrong way most of the time. When companies that have turned out big name games before start asking for my money before I get my hands on their product, it kinda feels like I'm being used as their insurance plan. I don't wanna spend $60 on a turd when the existence of said turd is a financial and statistical certainty. Maybe it won't suck, or maybe they have a reasonable return policy, but I don't want to wind up in the situation where it does and they don't.

Re: Pre-ordering games

Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 5:53 am
by Damocles
I have never pre ordered a game. I think its just silly, and just a way to create an early revenue stream from fans.
(just like "season passes", special editions and DLC, are a way to have price-discrimination to increase profits)

I try now to let a game "boil" a while after release, so its likely to be more enjoyable when starting it the first time.
Preferably when discounted collections with the main addons come out.

Re: Pre-ordering games

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:34 am
by Cornflakes_91
Damocles wrote:
Wed Aug 30, 2017 5:53 am
(just like "season passes", special editions and DLC, are a way to have price-discrimination to increase profits)
When you paint dlc as negative then season passes are the lesser evil there because they usually cost less than all the dlc and goodies they encapsulate would cost in sum :P

And theres also a couple of dev studios whos DLC programs are mostly great. Like paradox with pmuch all their games and the borderlands games which are released in a perfectly fun and worth-the-money state and then get significant upgrades with every dlc whichs extra content significantly undercuts my personal 1€/hr of game time mark of "was it worth it"

Re: Pre-ordering games

Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:53 pm
by Zanteogo
I never do it. It's a relic from the "old days" when you had to buy physical copies. Too many games look great just before release and turn out to be garbage.

Re: Pre-ordering games

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 1:54 pm
by Talvieno
I'm pleased to see so many people here are against pre-ordering. :D 'Tis a wise corner of the Internet we live in.