Babies born after launch date? (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, 19:17 (2764 days ago) @ Harmanimus

Seriously, the argument that everyone could choose to pre-order is silly. It ignores the whole reasons why some people pre-order and some don't. One free gun is not the deciding factor (nor should it be) for anyone. It's a bonus. It should be a bonus. (and, for what it's worth, I don't think it will matter at all, since literally none of the pre-order bonuses destiny has ever had turned out to be significant in any way). I'm not actually concerned that this is some kind of game breaking bonus. I am concerned that it's down the slippery slope towards having two very different gaming experiences based on whether or not you pre-ordered, in an equally lame way to how the xbox version of D1 was a totally different game than the PS4 one because the PS4 exclusive Hawkmoon was an exceptionally powerful weapon that helped dictate the meta for pvp for over a year.

Anyway, I digress. Some people like to buy a game that has received good reviews, and the more that game companies front-load pre-order bonuses, the more it becomes apparent that people who buy the reviewed game are getting a totally different game than people who buy the pre-ordered game. So the option is no longer "pre-order" or "don't pre-order" but rather "buy the version of the game that comes with a bunch of stuff that isn't in the other version of the game, but you don't actually know if any of that stuff is going to amount to anything or not" vs. "buy a game that doesn't have any of that stuff, which you now know the impact of."

It's like if you pre-purchased movie tickets and got a bonus scene that people who waited for the movie reviews didn't get to see, ever. You don't know if that's a good scene or not, and maybe it's just some guy picking his nose for two minutes, but maybe it's like a fifteen minute major plot point that is important to understanding the point of the film.

And yes, I know, this is a ridiculous example that is taking things way beyond the extreme. I know. But this isn't a comparison between two equal things. This is bait to lure people into buying something sight unseen, and that concerns me greatly. The more significant the bait, the more suspicious I am of the actual product and the *less* I am willing to pre-order it. I want to buy a game from a company that believes the product stands on its own and is unafraid of reviews, nay, *proud* of the reviews the game gets. I don't want to buy a game from a company that resorts to gimmicks and bait to sell the product before reviews come out.

But you're right, I do have a choice to pre-order or not. And I know I'm going to buy D2. But I'm not going to pre-order it.