amok: 1) this is clearly not the point here. we are not talking about a small company, nor about physical releases. which is why I put 'in the digital age' in my post
Sorry, I like to ramble/muse on various asides that sometime relate somewhat to what is being talked about and etc.
In this case I was talking about one exception in preordering in general where people might want to preorder vs buying on day 1.
amok: if you want to support a game company, then you buy the games, support crowdfunding or just give them your money.
All good ideas.
Oh forgot from before: One reason some preorder is that in some cases they get the game(disc or game itself) a day or so earlier than everyone else.
(of course whether that is worth it is up to the individual)
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rjbuffchix: Totally hear you, man. If it reassures any, their community manager person I referenced in another post now seems to have debunked this on Twitter. I'm sorry I can't find the link at the moment.
Well hopefully more info will come about before release, and hopefully it will be good news. *fingers crossed*
rjbuffchix: Similarly, even though the mtx rumor was seemingly debunked, who's to say there won't be over a dozen small DLCs? They technicallllllly wouldn't be mtx...even though the effect is very similar.
Yeah, games keep getting cut into more and more parts....and due to that, it can lead to some unwanted(customer end) negative effects.
As one example, it is harder to archive console games's extra content that one has bought. In a good number of cases the content is tied to the system and user account on it, making it hard to backup if one wants to do so.
(and as such I worry about said content maybe being lost to the sands of time due to such practices)
rjbuffchix: It'd be nice if we could get "non-corporate speak" about what is actually going on with this game.
This would be nice.