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I made a flow chart for this ages ago...
Will it be legitimately hard to find? (Think Steel Battalion on Xbox.) No? Do not pre-order.
Do you get anything for pre-ordering? No? Do not pre-order.
Cosmetics only? Yes? Do not pre-order.
Is it from a developer with an established track record? No? Do not pre-order.
Is that established track record full of buggy launches (Bethesda)? Yes? Do not pre-order.
Online only? Yes? Do not pre-order.
So… Do not preorder?
Not sure how you got that from that message, there's some games that would definitely qualify under this flow chart.
FFXVI would pass, Spider-Man 2
Fail at the first step. Both are being produced in the millions, not hard to find.
To be fair I wait until after release to pick-up titles, will get FFXVI this weekend. Such a small cost, the risk is fine vs people spending thousands on other hobbies.
FF16 was the first game I preordered in over a decade, and even then I only preordered it after I played the free demo and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Don't encourage devs to gate content behind pre order exclusives. Day 1 DLC used to be seen for what it was: content that should be in the base game.
Well yeah but half the fun of Bethesda games is their bugs lol
It's all fun and games until your launch day install looks like this:
https://youtu.be/ITOrKb5HP6s