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Honestly, if the idea of no trials don’t bother you, there are plenty more reminders why YOU shouldn’t preorder.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Cyberpunk was the nail in my pre-order coffin, fuck those clowns and their shitty releases. I don't want the game to be good and playable 3 years after I bought it.

Oh and for the fan bois if the game was so good when released, why did they have to do a complete overhaul of basically the entire game to make it good?

The release was trash and the game released with as little product as possible while charging people full price.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Preordering is 100% why the last console gen was full of half-assed releases. It has to stop.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I preorder physical stuff only, especially titles which are going to be in limited quantities due to low interest and number of copy printed.

Where I preorder still has a 7 day return policy as well so if it’s seriously bad or broken like Cyberpunk 2077 then I can just return and get my money back.

Don’t normally do digital preorders since it’s hard to cancel it and usually no point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I started waiting for like a year after release. I don't have as much time to play anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I already pre-ordered both Diablo 4 and Baldurs Gate 3 this year and am quite happy I did both.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

What is the main motivation for that though? Being able to play the games a couple of days earlier?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Even that perk is going away, no? Starfield makes you get the more expensive preorder to have it "early"

The standard preorder doesn't get shit from what I've seen

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Because you can just watch gameplay now

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