Generally, on day 1, there will be reviews and gameplay footage out that isn't coming from a dev controlled environment. Unless you're getting up at 8 am and going to the local store to grab it immediately, you have access to these.
If these are out before the game launch, and you pre-order within the final few days in order to secure some kind of bonus, I think that's ok.
What I'm really against are these full week before launch bragging posts about pre-orders. I think it incentivizes a process that can and is used to manipulate sales data and hurt devs and consumers.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DOWNGRADE GUYZ??!!
With how CDPR has acted recently that has changed my opinion and I wish nobody would preorder the Witcher 3.
I went from buying it to waiting a couple years and buy it on the cheap.
I know people love this game series, but this many pre-orders is terrible.
I know everybody is anxious to get their hands on this... but we need to stop encouraging pre-orders. It's a bad practice.
I have fast download speeds, but if I'm planning on buying the game the day it comes out, then why wouldn't I preorder it and preload it? I still don't see why I shouldn't preorder.
Also often games get small discounts when preodering, at least on Steam, but they don't really sway my decision either way.
With how CDPR has acted recently that has changed my opinion and I wish nobody would preorder the Witcher 3.
I went from buying it to waiting a couple years and buy it on the cheap.
I'm of the opinion that an informed consumer is the best consumer. I personally haven't seen enough of The Witcher to determine whether it's a worthwhile investment or not. I think that we, as consumers, should absolutely wait until at least Day 1 for this kind of stuff.
But will it be good though? Witcher 2 wasn't bad but it sure wasn't amazing either.
You think high sales for a genre won't do anything for it?
Generally, on day 1, there will be reviews and gameplay footage out that isn't coming from a dev controlled environment. Unless you're getting up at 8 am and going to the local store to grab it immediately, you have access to these.
If these are out before the game launch, and you pre-order within the final few days in order to secure some kind of bonus, I think that's ok.
What I'm really against are these full week before launch bragging posts about pre-orders. I think it incentivizes a process that can and is used to manipulate sales data and hurt devs and consumers.
Oh, I'm 100% behind pre-ordering.
I rarely buy new games without pre-ordering them as I tend to buy at launch, or never.
Well, for many people the game was amazing - me included, even though I like TW1 more
And Have to be in a Store line for 1 day to see if Im lucky enough to get the Collectors Edition....No thank you, Pre order is a god send for me.
You keep pre-ordering of course....All them pre-orders, including mine. Guys, what if this game sucks?
All them pre-orders. Guys, what if this game sucks?
Too bad this is the last game with Geralt in it.
It's subjective. You haven't seen enough to decide, while 1,000,000 others have. They're not wrong for knowing they want it, you're not wrong for be unsure. A lot of people don't give a fuck about reviews. They're not wrong for not caring what others think, you're not wrong if you do.
I've played the first two games, can't fucking wait for this. What possible reason could there be for me not to pre-order so I can pre-load it and be playing as soon as possible?
I think people are perceiving some evil just because it's what the developers, publishers, and retailers want. So, what? I want the game, they want me to pre-order. They incentivise me enough with a pre-load (and discount in this case), and I pre-order. Win/win.
All them pre-orders, including mine. Guys, what if this game sucks?
At what point does it become acceptable to purchase the game? Once reviewers have deemed the game enjoyable? Or should we be allowed to decide whether or not the game is any good ourselves?
I've pre-ordered The Witcher, because personally I've seen enough of it to make me think I'll enjoy it. That's my decision and I understand the risk involved.
It's all incredibly subjective. I err on the side of being against pre-orders because I think they can be manipulative and poorly thought out. That's a general assessment and not indicative of every company.
Plus, I'll be pre-ordering Kingdom Hearts 3 as soon as possible and that's basically vaporware right now. That's the one franchise I literally don't need to know anything about in order to jump on board. That's my area of weakness.
But I'm trying to be a more cautious consumer as of late, and that's influenced my view on this issue.
I see lots of people want to visit sex Island.
Holy FUCK. That is pretty damn huge. This is gonna be the first Witcher / CD Projekt Red game for a ton of people
I'm one of them and I'm going in blind. Never played the series before but this looks so good.
All them pre-orders, including mine. Guys, what if this game sucks?
It's all incredibly subjective. I err on the side of being against pre-orders because I think they can be manipulative and poorly thought out. That's a general assessment and not indicative of every company.
Plus, I'll be pre-ordering Kingdom Hearts 3 as soon as possible and that's basically vaporware right now. That's the one franchise I literally don't need to know anything about in order to jump on board. That's my area of weakness.
But I'm trying to be a more cautious consumer as of late, and that's influenced my view on this issue.
Plus, I'll be pre-ordering Kingdom Hearts 3 as soon as possible and that's basically vaporware right now. That's the one franchise I literally don't need to know anything about in order to jump on board. That's my area of weakness.
I'm 1 in a million
Which is why they delayed it twice.
If I had to guess, it'd PS4 > XBO > Steam > GOG/others.
But who knows, maybe a ton of people on PC have pre-ordered it and the console numbers are lower.
Amazon already had it for $20 off.
For about 10 minutes.
The annoying thing about this is LTTPs.Like any AAA game, this one will need plenty of patching to improve performance and fix bugs. Because millions of people will find more bugs than a few hundred testers.
This isn't a multiplayer game that I must own day one so I will wait 3-6 months to get it super cheap and with its best foot forward from a performance and polish standpoint.
Might even wait for GOTY if the DLC is substantial.