Soooo....Mass Effect 3

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(02-18-2012 05:11 PM)Taelas Wrote:  

(02-16-2012 01:07 PM)Bolty Wrote:  I learned 10 years ago never to pre-order games. There's simply no rational reason to do so, and the modern game industry is so quick to discount games after release now. The release-day price is for suckers and people who can't control their impulses.

The modern game industry is also based around people actually buying games. If people stopped buying games and started waiting until prices fell, the industry would grind to a halt.

Of course, it's not going to happen, but the only reason you can get games so cheap is because the majority buy it when it's released in the first place.

Even if you do buy a game on release date there is no reason to pre-order a game anymore. It used to be a valid proposition when the only place that was going to have that new RPG you wanted was EBgames and for a small deposit you could guarantee you would get a copy. That doesn't happen anymore. If you want a game you can find a copy.

Preorders now are just blatant attempts at ripping off customers. "Would you like to preorder a game" = "Would you like to give us an interest free loan for absolutely no reason?"