Or how about going with the systems that CDPR has already did with their Witcher 3 game. Sure it still released with bugs and needed patches, but guess what, no Pre-order bonuses, no DLC that needed to be purchased after the fact. And they still got over 6 million copies sold and 2 million pre-orders.

Pre-ordering is bad, because it takes away freedom for people to buy the game when they want. Huh, you ask? What if I want to get MGS5, but I don’t want to buy it on release date, but 5 months later? I am gonna miss on all the pre-order goodies! And often pre-order goodies aren’t just some bonus crap that you look at…

“Guaranteed sales”? Um, no they are not. You can cancel pre-orders everywhere. And no, the publisher does not get your money right when you pre-order, the money (however much you put down) stays with the company you pre-ordered from until they order their allotment. Digital pre-orders could be a different story…

What is this feeling? Satisfaction? Confidence that a game company made a pre-order decision grounded in reality? How strange.

Dog in background. 90% of that isn’t dust.

Still my favorite Captain Planet parody / nonsense.

I play Eroge for the story ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

To some people this kind of thing is a hill to stand on, for others, it doesn’t mean jack shit.

That would be sexist dont you know!

Screw Science.

Old enough to not get hacked, or recalled on a monthly basis.

That’s my fetish.

Does that make you horny, baby?

I remember first playing Mario at my pre-school (somehow they were able to afford 4 NES systems) It was put in the same building where the kitchen was so I remember the smell of rice-crispy treats, and lime Jello. Every time I eat that stuff today it reminds me of that time.

‘obscure japanese culture posts’ - you mean, on a site called ‘kotaku’? how dare they?

Our system is fine. The problem is that once you pick up your preorder it’s too late, and many games are review embargoed until after launch day. So you get your game home and find out it’s shit, then the reviews land confirming its shit, and you’re out of luck.

Note to self: never fistbump Guy Martin.

So Forza 5 was a travesty. It was, and is, a micro-transaction-riddled pile of broken promises and never-made DLC. I have owned every Forza since the original Forza for the original Xbox, but Forza 5 was not only such a dramatic step back from Forza 4, it also indicated a new direction from Turn10 that suggested they…

My local Gamestop requires 5$ down, holds the game for up to a week after release with all the goodies, and is perfectly willing to give me my money back if the reviews for the game are bad, or if I just want the money back. I am guaranteed a copy of the game with no requirement to purchase, the store knows how many…