Just one more time

In the age of digital distribution, pre-ordering buys you nothing.

We're seeing studios allow you to access the game one or two days early, and maybe get some cosmetics. That's a poor trade for risking your money on a bad product

What I was originally sold on made sense: physical games sometimes have shortages and if you want to avoid that you can pay up front to reserve a copy. I pre ordered Skyrim and it shipped to me almost a week after all my friends got theirs who didn't preorder. The physical copy of Skyrim was meaningless since it was tied to steam anyway. That was my first and last experience with preordering

Realized pre orders were a scam in 99 when I pre-ordered ff8 from Toys r us and when I went to pick it up they told me they don't have any copies left

I "pre-ordered" Mass Effect Andromeda like 10 min before the real release, since pre-orders got a discount and the offer was still active.

"I like to preorder my groceries. I know they're going to have what I want, they always do, but I just give them a few hundred in advance to make sure they'll still have some when I get there."

Same logic.

I pre-ordered one (1) game ever and that was Watch_Dogs in 2013 for the PS3. Was enough to teach me to never do that again

The only games I preorder are Zelda and Square's 2D-HD CE titles. Both have been 10/10 for me in all modern era releases.

90% of gamers do not stop pre-ordering games.

Me buying Space Marine 2.