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It made sense with physical copies that had a limited quantity, now it's an outdated tradition from a bygone era.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/AscendMoros Aug 14 '26

I mean preorder bonuses have been a thing since I started gaming in like 2008. Idk why we’re acting like they haven’t been rewarded for this behavior for almost 20 years.

Also sometimes they are things that will in fact run out. As in a miniature statue for your desk. Stuff like makes sense to be limited runs.

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u/rtakehara Aug 14 '26

I never acted as if this haven't happened for years, in fact I always hated the concept of paying for a product that you don't receive in the same day, I do, however, understand that shipping a physical product over long distances sometimes take some time, and a tracking feature do make the product feel more owned, but to answer for everyone else, maybe they don't know it's nothing new.

In the case of actual limited editions that are actually impossible to be infinitely reproduced then my complaint doesn't apply, of course. Even physical copies with no bonuses whatsoever, they need time to be made and shipped, so it would make sense to pre order so that it can be played at the same time as digital copies.