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5 Reminders NOT to Pre-Order Games This Year ~ We used to demand trials before buying before, what happened? ~ Stop Pre ordering Games (youtu.be)
submitted 1 year ago by Frostwolf to c/games
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Honestly, if the idea of no trials don’t bother you, there are plenty more reminders why YOU shouldn’t preorder.

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[–] cyberpunk007 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Having something tangible can have perks. Steam bans you. Thousands lost. Online service shuts down. Games lost. I can still fire up this here super Nintendo... And nobody can tell me when it's going to shut down and stop working.

One of the reasons I prefer to buy on gog. I can just save all my purchases to an external hard drive