THE ONLY REASON TO PREORDER IS TO ENSURE YOU HAVE A COPY ON LAUNCH.
Do you think they will run out of digital copies of you to download? (Just in case someone doesn’t know, that’s not how digital downloads work)
It’s that fucking simple. Pre-order bonuses are almost never worth it on their own, and even for those that are, you’re enabling and supporting a predatory/anti-consumer practice.
Seriously, don’t reward this kind of anti-consumer bullshit.
The only acceptable justification I can see is if it’s an indie dev who has really, truly earned the trust of their players and proven that they will work tirelessly to deliver the product people want. And even then I’d be very, very unlikely to. I’m crazy excited for both of Owlcats upcoming games and I still haven’t pre-ordered them, for example.
Pre-orders encourage bad, buggy, incomplete or deceptively marketed releases by juicing day one numbers without any need for the dev / publisher to actually release a worthy product.
Early access is misleading, there are games which are “released” and would barely count as early access and vice-versa, so I just treat them equally.
The criteria for me is that based on reviews or some gameplay footage it seems like I can get £1/hour worth of enjoyment out of it. I tend to look for how many hours do people have when they leave reviews and how many have they played since, rather than just what they say. If I’m unsure if I’ll like it and there is not enough videos or reviews to give me certainty, i may take a risk on £10 and below games depending on how bored I am at the time.
dlaczego podanie nr tel. jest niezbędne do rejestracji?
Myślę, że tu chodzi o utrudnienie życia botom. Pozyskanie i utrzymanie 1000 numerów telefonu jest trudniejsze i droższe niż 1000 skrzynek e-mail.
dlaczego trzeba co najmniej raz na 3 miesiące włączać i aktualizować signal na telefonie?
Niestety nie wiem, to wydaje się głupie. Aplikacji na pecety nie da się zarejestrować jako “główne urządzenie”. Może po prostu dlatego, że Signal początkowo był dostępny tylko na telefony, tak już to zaprogramowali, a większość użytkowników używa również Signala na komórce i nie będzie miało takiego problemu?
Można to obejść korzystając z programu signal-cli, który można zarejestrować jako “główne urządzenie”, przepisując kod SMS z dowolnego telefonu, niekoniecznie smartfona. Potem co 3 miesiące aktualizujesz i odpalasz ten program zamiast aplikacji na telefon. Niestety jest to interfejs tekstowy, więc potrzebne są umiejętności techniczne. Ja to kiedyś obczaiłam, jeśli będę miała czas, to spróbuję napisać instrukcje… o ile używasz Linuksa, bo na Windowsie i Macu się niestety nie znam.
I used to more when things were more disc based from stores, but it’s rare that I do now.
Occasionally I still may if I have the money and it’s a game I know I want and will highly likely enjoy, if only for the pre-load capability. But it’s far rarer now. Sometimes they throw in some pre-order dlc, and if I know I’m going to buy it at launch anyways I may as well just technically pre-order it. But again, I do it much rarer now than I did a few console gens ago.
Early access is a bit of a different story, and I will sometimes buy an early access game if I like where it’s going and want to support it. But those are also pretty rare for me.
Hey, this one looks like it might be up my alley. I typically play more action based games, but I like to try and branch out now and then too. Thanks for the write up!
Never. I hate the preorder exclusive bonuses; it’s anti-consumer bullshit, especially in an age where every game is available as a digital download, even the physical copies usually require downloads. Publishers are enticing customers to pay while hype is high, before the product is actually available, before quality has been proven and before reviews are published.
I hate gift cards for the same reason, you’re giving money to corporations before they’ve provided anything to you.
Hold on to your money, wait for reviews, then pay them for the finished product if you still want it.
I also think the rising launch prices of AAA games is bullshit, especially for singleplayer games. I’ll usually wait for a decent discount.
I often preorder games that I know are sure bets. I won’t preorder games that I’m not sure I’ll like or by a developer with a rocky reputation (Ubisoft, etc).
I love buying early access games. Many of the best games ever made spent a lengthy time in early access, and it was worth every penny. Some I’ve bought 2-3 times in early access on different platforms just to support the developers (Satisfactory, Factorio, Rimworld, Baldurs Gate 3). I just bought Satisfactory for the third time and it was worth it.
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