Oh yeah? Well what about the new thing to do that's even better than pre-ordering. Take Starfield for example. Wanna play it earlier than everyone else? Well their early access option is the one for you.

"Anyone can dive in then if they're willing to pay the price - it's only available to those who buy the expensive Constellation Edition of the game (for roughly £250/$300) or the Premium Edition (for about £100/$100)"

Edit: deleted comment was additional edit, realised I could just edit original comment

[–] givesomefucks 8 points 1 year ago

Early access is different tho...

Because you know what you're getting, others who already have it are able to post reviews.

A preorder is just giving them money early for zero reason.

For example, I knew I was getting BG3 no matter what. And I know I habitually restart act 1 of RPGs multiple times before picking what I want. So having a chance to run thru (a limited) act 1 a bunch over a year before release was worth it to me.

But there's no way I'd have just pre-ordered it, there'd be no reason to pay before I got the product.