One valid reason is for preloading. On Steam at least, when you preorder a game it will often let you download and install it the night before release so its ready to play as soon as you are.
I suppose this makes sense for those with slower connections. (I remember 6GB games taking ~6 hours on DSL.)
But I have family members on my household’s modern broadband that can download an obscene amount of data, like, Witcher 3 in 15 minutes or something, that still preorder games.
And not even from small studios who need every fundraising tactic they can to get to the finish line. I’m talking major releases. It befuddles me so.
Especially when there’s been a large number of majorly hyped titles in recent memory that have flopped on release, and end up half price like 6 months later.
I dunno, I have like 500+ games I optimistically hoped to get to at some point, maybe I’m just a patient gamer. I can’t help but be a little jealous of the time someone must have, when they can game so hard that they’re like “I gotta play this new game NOW!!!” 😂
Also you used to get really cool physical “feelies” for preorders like maps, patches, stickers, comics, statues (OMG Assassin’s Creed II)…now it’s like
…“Play GTA6 with a Shovel Knight helmet.” LOL
One valid reason is for preloading. On Steam at least, when you preorder a game it will often let you download and install it the night before release so its ready to play as soon as you are.
I suppose this makes sense for those with slower connections. (I remember 6GB games taking ~6 hours on DSL.)
But I have family members on my household’s modern broadband that can download an obscene amount of data, like, Witcher 3 in 15 minutes or something, that still preorder games.
And not even from small studios who need every fundraising tactic they can to get to the finish line. I’m talking major releases. It befuddles me so.
Especially when there’s been a large number of majorly hyped titles in recent memory that have flopped on release, and end up half price like 6 months later.
I dunno, I have like 500+ games I optimistically hoped to get to at some point, maybe I’m just a patient gamer. I can’t help but be a little jealous of the time someone must have, when they can game so hard that they’re like “I gotta play this new game NOW!!!” 😂
Also you used to get really cool physical “feelies” for preorders like maps, patches, stickers, comics, statues (OMG Assassin’s Creed II)…now it’s like …“Play GTA6 with a Shovel Knight helmet.” LOL