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I propose 2024 is the year of early access games boycott.

Bring back completed games only.

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[–] [email protected] 92 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If we could all just agree to not preorder, I’ll negotiate from there.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Preordering made sense when games came in nice boxes, and you wanted to be sure to play it on the day of release instead of waiting for restocking. With digital downloads now which are not limited in quantity it is just stupid.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

This, 100%. The only value of preordering is guaranteeing stock of a physical item that threatens to be out of stock if you were to buy it walk-in. In the modern digital age where downloading tens of gigabytes that take up no space, ship near-instantly on demand, and have theoretically infinite supply, preordering is pointless if the actual game itself is all you care about.

[–] KpntAutismus 17 points 10 months ago

i never preorder, and i don't think i could justify jt even if i did. buying a game for 70 bucks when you don't even know if it's any good just sounds stupid to me.