r/videogames • u/Nickulator95 • Aug 13 '26

Image / Video It's baffling just how many people doesn't understand this

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If you're someone who pre-orders games, you're an active participant in the constant enshitification of gaming. Doesn't matter what game it is, you're contributing to a scummy corporate tactic that serves no positive benefit to the player.

It made sense with physical copies that had a limited quantity, now it's an outdated tradition from a bygone era.

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u/Soulblade32 Aug 13 '26

I am going to repeat for the 1 thousandth time;

I do not care if someone preorders or not. If i am going to buy the game Day 1, it does not matter if I preorder it or buy it day 1. Most people don't care about reviews. Nearly everyone makes fun of game journalists because they are fucking stupid. The amount of games I would have missed out on due to reviews that i ended up loving is a decent amount.

I preorder games because:

  1. I have the money now as dispensible income

  2. I want to play right when I get home from work (which is a little past midnight)

  3. Preloading

  4. Sometimes you get bonuses for preordering

  5. I'm buying day 1 if I'm buying a game at full price

  6. I don't give a shit about reviews anyways

You know the reasons that I have no preordered a game for? Thinking it's going to "run out" of digital copies. On top of that, you can refund preordered games if something comes out that you don't like.

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u/hamtaxer Aug 13 '26

There’s also the fact that preorders can actually help support a studio you like.

I preordered a game because, in an interview, the game director was asked “how can people support your studio?” and the answer was “preorder the game.” So I decided, why not. I know they’re not gonna run out of copies or whatever, but I generally trust this studio’s output. It was that simple.

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u/eraserhead3030 Aug 13 '26

This is the real reason preorders actually do matter. If you like developers and specific games the preorder numbers matter a lot when execs and boards decide who/what to cut. Same with book authors, without a certain threshold of preorders getting met they're not getting things published again.

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u/wetmeatlol Aug 14 '26

This pretty much sums it up. I never understand why I see people on this crusade against pre ordering because there’s several reason, many you just listed, as to why someone would.

I don’t pre ordering every game that exists, I pre order the games I know I’m going to play regardless and I work and have a social life so whenever I do get around to playing games, I want it on my PS ready to go without waiting to download it after purchase.

Most importantly…why would I EVER care about what someone else is saying about a game if everything that I’ve seen about it has me excited to play it? If it’s shit well…it’s shit and I got to experience it for myself. If it’s great then I get to experience greatness for myself with no spoilers or other opinions influencing my thoughts on it.

I’m going to go see insidious when it comes out next week, is it probably going to be disappointing with bad reviews? Most likely. Do I care? Not at all because I WANT to see it. A review makes no difference for something I’m set on experiencing for myself.

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u/IamZeebo Aug 15 '26

Thank you dude.  Like cmon