Still will pre-order. Not going to change my mind.

These articles are annoying.
Here's a novel thought: Stop telling people what to do with their money.

If I or anyone wants to spend the money to pre-order a game, we have the right. If you or anyone else doesn't want to... guess what? You have that right as well. Beyond that, stop with this sh*t.

OK, except for Grim Fandango :p

I usually pre-order if the game has a physical bonus. Gotta have DAT PLUSHIE or keychain, etc.

*throws them into storage never to be seen again*

If we preorder Final Fantasy Type-0, isn't the preorder bonus Final Fantasy XV demo?

"Did you just find out that the game you’ve been looking forward to acquiring is only half-finished with masses of DLC planned to complete it? Well….tough, because you’ve already paid for it. Finally get the game and it’s a totally broken mess? Well that’s too bad because you bought it a week before release and there was a review embargo on it until today."

And that quote is why this article shouldn't have been approved. 1) Even if you purchased the game, if unopened, you can return the game. 2) Preordering in store requires about $5 down from most stores... $5 which can be refunded. 3)I don't mind letting Best Buy use $5 if the preorder bonus is $10.

I pre order and if I find that I don't want the game I can and get a full refund.

just cause of this im going to preorder like crazy this year

I support this 100%. We also need to agree that we won't buy games if the developer doesn't allow reviews at least a week before release.

I will continue to preorder the games I want and plan to get.Especially when there are good preorder bonuses.

O ok sure....*runs off to pre order splatoon and bloodbourne

i pre-order all my games. it gets them out the way for me set and done i dont put 5 down i just pay it full from the get go. there is always usually bonus content which is a plus either receiving a game early or playing a beta or physical collectables or digital content. it also gets me more excited for the game but bonus content or not id still pre-order games i want to get or interested in.

You lot deserve broken and unfinished games.

Since when is my ability to pay a STORE not even the publisher but a retail outlet affect the ability of the developers programmers to write code that isn't broken? I will give you the benefit of the doubt as a novice programmer its very hard to write code and create levels that are perfect the first time so since when has my preorder stopped a publisher or developer from delaying a game? Seems to me almost every game I have wanted in the past year was a delayed game... and lots still had problems, but It sure wasn't the preorder that stopped them from a delay and releasing a broken game. It was the abilities or the lack there of to manage a large project.

I don't often pre-order games because the vast majority of them are games I can get down the road for cheaper, and possibly with some bugs ironed out depending on how the game plays at launch. The only exception I normally make is with games I expect to be uncommon later, which usually applies to games from Japan, excluding the more common AAA games produced in that country.

Judging from some replies people think it's about telling others what to do with their money.Technically that suggestive money spending comes from the object of interest.
NO!!,it amazes me how egotistical some get when other's are thinking about the collective interest,if there's no money paid upfront the incentive to deliver a good product is higher and therefore more preferable to the consumer.This paying upfront was also the main reason why DLC got worse over time.Why build more when people pay upfront for less and then complain about day 1 DLC.

If anything those complaining about this are your " Friends ",you expect these studios to acknowledge this?.lol good luck with that.
The Last of Us Remastered was " a steal "... lol yeah on my end while i already paid 80 Euro's for the PS3 edition with Left Behind and got a broken PS4 version.

There's none more blind than those believing people would want you to see.

I'm not gonna take this "advice" when we've got companies like Nintendo limiting supply.

NO i will not stop pre-ordering games.
Please stop telling us how to buy our games.

"2014 was total dog chod. I’ve been alive since 1988, I’ve been gaming since about 1992"

But sound as mature as someone born in 2002.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau

Wuchang is great. Nine Sols didn’t have a physical copy so I never played it but I’ve heard good things so I will check it out. I stopped playing sports games many years ago when before the card dlc’s or whatever they’re called.

Last comment… ):

Great month for others, but not me. Hate soccer and soulslikes. Maybe Nine Sols is good.

🫡 it was fun while it lasted, N4G.

FC26!