Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now on Steam - and it broke Steam servers for 15 minutes and counting now

taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• uniquethrowagay@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Not preordering is about waiting for reviews and bugfixes, isn’t it? If you’re gonna play on day one regardless, of course pre-order makes sense.

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  • Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Even then it doesn’t make sense. There is no limited supply. Paying for nothing will never make sense

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    • Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Paying your bills before the last due day is wasting money. Sure.

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      • Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I said paying for nothing will never make sense. And it remains true

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  • Patches@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    He has at least initial impressions. Some (Too many) AAA games will go mostly negative in less than an hour.

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• TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yea, this has always been a legitimately good reason for digital pre-orders to exist, if people can buy games before release it really lessens the blow. I think the real issue with pre-orders is the dumb bonuses and such, really

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  • Frozengyro@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I think preordering a game 2-3 days before release is fine. Preordering when the game is announced, isn’t releasing for 6+ months, gets delayed for months (probably a few times), and/or sits in beta for 2+ years is extremely damaging to the gaming industry for the players and the teams working on these games.

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    • ieGod@lemmy.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Curious to see what you think is the dangerous part for the business side. I see preorders as this holdover from a time when physical media was king and scarcity could (and sometimes did) prevent day one purchases. It certainly makes less sense now for consumers unless you must have the bonuses (if any).

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      • Frozengyro@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Not so much the business but the employees

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  • taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yeah, I’m glad most indie games don’t do that. My wife was surprised I wanted to preorder a game with no bonuses, I think she has worked for corporate a little too long.

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• Killer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yea, when i saw they weren’t doing pre-orders i 100% expected steam to have some kind of issues on launch day.

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