Content Divided: Death To Pre-Order Culture - Jim Sterling

[Durrsly]

I've only preordered twice, for Duke Nukem Forever and Wolfesntein The New Order. I cancelled my preorder for Duke when it got delayed again. I'm glad I did because a year or two later I picked it up for $5 and I was so glad I waited.

I only preordered Wolfenstein because I watched Bethesda's livestreams. I probably would of preordered Undertale if it was an option but the only way to "preorder" it would of been to back it on Kickstarter.

[Zenreon]

Wierd that he didn't mention the fallout 4 Pipboy edition

[aznz888]

normally i can somewhat justify a pre-order for collector's editions, since they tend to come with limited runs of game merchandise and/or cool knick-knacks for the average fan. those actually take time and effort to design, manufacture, and ship out with the item.

not for digital content skins/guns/etc like these though; this is purely content they cut for making "pre-order bonuses"

[Zadrave]

I don't even care about collector's editions if the game ends up shit. I tend to stay away from stuff like that, and paying more for a game is definitely something I am not willing to do if it is something I wouldn't know if it is good or not.

[ayejayjay]

I don't preorder a lot but I preordered the pipboy edition of fallout 4 because it's my absolute favorite game series and I just really wanted something collectible for a franchise i really love (even if it's a shitty gimmick)