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People will never learn to not preorder games. I have no hope for humanity at this point.

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well. yeah. i know people don’t like to hear it, because it’d be really nice if games shipped actually finished or not incredibly bug-ridden Day 1, but for most people the protest of not preordering a game so it’ll shipped finish just… doesn’t register as a concern. unless the game is so broken it’s actively unplayable (see the recent Gollum game) most people can hang with whatever happens Day 1 and it’s not a super big deal to them, nor is the principle of a playable game on launch. this is a case of online sentiment being a vocal but clear minority.

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Its not a protest its common sense.

I dont know the product. I wait for the review embargo to lift. Then i wait for AT LEAST release day to hear if its broken/servers are down (hello diablo 4) or its just shit.

I can still literally buy, download and play it that same day if its amazing.

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I won’t even consider buying until it’s been out for at least a year or two. By then the major bugs will have been fixed and all the content added.

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They never learn do they ?

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Nope. And everybody will scream cause they payed 70 bucks for a broken game, just like Bethesda is known to produce.

Just keep looking at the list. Payday 3 is also there. A publisher known for maybe a worse dlc and microtransaction policy than EA with the Sims, but it seems that doesn’t matter a bit.

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My tactic of waiting a year until a newly released game is fully patched and grabbing it with a discount has yet to fail me.

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Not like I have the time to play the games I already have anyway!

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I’ve just switched over to watching games being played on Twitch. I can enjoy all the latest games, at max settings (minus the 1080p twitch encoding), and divert my attention to other things simultaneously.

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Obligatory 70 bucks is too much for a game comment

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Stop. Preordering.

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100%. I’m a diehard Bethesda RPG fan, but never ever preorder. I’ll never understand the stupidity in doing this.

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I also got hyped and joined the launch day queues when i was a kid. But then we as a community got burned again and again.

Like even the most casual gamer must get pissed off by broken servers.

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Why are people advising against pre-ordering? Is Bethesda known for not meeting expected release dates?

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That and preordering a digital product that literally can’t run out has no benefits.
You just put down money for something without any idea what you’re getting.

Preordering physical copies used to be a thing because shops would run out of them.

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