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[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 months ago

nah... hard pass.

I'll buy 12 indie games instead

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 months ago

No pre-orders, ever.

Stand strong.

[–] Tolstoy@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't even think about it ...

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 18 points 4 months ago

Don’t do it.

[–] mech@feddit.org 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Can someone fill me in on how pre-orders can make any sense for buyers even theoretically, if what they buy is an unlimited digital asset?

[–] loreng@beehaw.org 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The only cases I can think of are pre-ordering a few days in advanced to preload if you have crap internet, or if you fully intend on buying the game anyways and there's some sort of bonus for doing so.

It is also easy to refund games on Steam, including preorders, so you do have that escape hatch if the game is obviously fucking crap in the first couple hours. On a console though? No fucking thank you.

[–] alessandro@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Are these pre-orders for PC: because it's even offtopic if not (among other things)

[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Ofc not. Op is a twat posting unrelated shit.

[–] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Fuck rockstar. Slave driving, union busting assholes

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

I honestly didn't even know they came out with a release date for the game, so I was a little confused why they were allowing pre-orders already.