Please. Stop. Pre-Ordering Games.

[Blackcompany]

Its not fair, that players keep getting burned by developers who cannot be bothered to QA games prior to release. Its abusive and irresponsible for game developers to release unfinished products. This is simple, objective truth and even the law supports this opinion.

But it continues.

It continues because gamers have become enablers of bad behavior. We have. Us. You. Me. Everyone who pre-orders games (something I no longer do, because of things like this).

The solution is simple: Stop preordering. Wait for the game to release. Vet the game yourselves. Assure yourself it will work, and on your platform. Read and watch reviews. Do some research.

Because until we as gamers stop this pre-order madness, the bad behavior on the part of big developers and publishers will continue. I guarantee it.

[Plooper]

no

[Aristotel]

absolutely right !

[FhqwhTODD]

Signed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytPjClyQGo8

[Rynhin]

I've never been dissapointed in a game I've pre-ordered so far. =) Don't see where the issue is.

[World Weary]

Wonderful game, I see no problems

ultra x8 (85 fps)

[Blackcompany]

The issue is with companies who, since they have your money before they deliver a product, have no need to concern themselves with the quality of said product. So they mostly don't.

Its not fair. Its not right. But the good will of the big publishers isn't going to stop it. So the only thing that will, is gamers who no longer pre-order games.

I mean seriously, you can't PLAY the game before release day. So why BUY the game before release day? Especially on a digital distribution platform. Its not like they're going to run out of copies to sell you.

[Kameleonic]

+1 OP.

Though I and many more people like you have been saying this for YEARS. The problem is the impatience of the consumer. I, like others, did not pre-order and have not bought the game. I will not buy into blatant hype.

[CQCoder]

I haven't pre-ordered a game in years - or in the first week for that matter. You have to be near masochistic to do so these days. And boy am I glad I didn't on this one.

[Renegade23]

I absolutely agree, well except for Star Citizen. I've put $300 into that game and its at least a year from full launch. Then again CIG is not a major publisher, or a publisher at all really.

[Blackcompany]

The closest I came was Dark Souls 2. I bought it hours after release, following several videos of the PC version being played and working as intended. I also visited trusted websites and communities to verify the game worked as advertised prior to purchase.

And you know what? I did all that on a lunch break from work. Which means I was able to buy and download the game when I got home, and by the time I finished taking care of pets and some household chores, I was able to play at the same I would have had I pre-ordered.

Its really not hard. And in this case, not preordering Watch Dogs way back during the early saved me $60 I can spend on other things. Prefertably some of which work.