Friendly reminder: Pre-orders are bad for game quality (Destiny)

by Claude Errera , Thursday, March 30, 2017, 19:49 (2607 days ago) @ Kahzgul

I love you all (even Raga), and just want to remind everyone that buying pre-orders puts the onus of sale on the advertising for a game, whereas waiting for reviews to come out before you buy puts the onus of sale on the actual quality of the game itself.

Please don't pre-order this game or any other. Force game devs to focus on making great games rather than making great advertisements.

Of note: This ad was a better pre-rendered sequence than anything in vanilla Destiny.

Of double-note: If Bungie does put more effort into the game than they put into this ad, that means the game is going to be gorgeous, well acted, and have a plot! Get HYPED (but don't pre-order)!

The fact that beta access is tied to a pre-order would suggest that in this case, your argument could be wrong. The best way to judge the quality of the game is to play it - and giving it a chance in beta format tells you at least whether the game is up your alley or not.

If it's not, you can cancel the preorder after you play - but without the preorder, you cannot play.