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Yes!  Can't wait.  Seems they were waiting to hear Prototype's release before finally nailing down their own. ;)

wow, May 26 is pretty soon. AWESOME!!!! cant wait.

edit: Jeff loves to bitch doesn't he??? i mean, if you don't like the pre-ordering bullshit, then don't pre-order. you can walk into a Walmart or Best Buy on release day and they'll have tons of copies. no need to bitch over nothing. Jeff, i love you man, but sometimes you get on my nerves dog.

I'm getting sick and fucking tired of this bullshit surrounding pre-ordering stuff.  It was bad enough that Bad Company makes it so there's a gun you will never have unless you pre-ordered.  What the hell is with Sony doing this as of late?

This game sounds interesting, I'll probably download the demo, not gonna pre-order it
Hmmm... why do they have to do this pre-order stuff, it's really annoying! >:(
Well atleast I know I won't fall for it...lol

Pre-ordering is useless, games never ever run out and even Collector's editions end up discounted on Amazon.

That power will probably just appear as DLC somewhere down the line. Still sucks though.

BiggerBomb said:

"Except those guns were pretty weak. The guns you got for actually playing the game kick far more ass than the pre-order weapons."

So I've heard, but it's the principle of the thing, man! >:(

Some of you seem to be missing the point that Jeff was making. It isn't pro or con pre-ordering. It is the BS tactics that publishers take with retailers in trying to pull us to purchase from a specific store. Do you want bonus item A or bonus item B? The truth is that most people want both. It is a legitimate gripe. Splitting bonus content amongst retailers rubs my OCD-nature the wrong way.

For those of you arguing the virtues and pitfalls of pre-ordering; I don't get it. Pre-ordering guarantees you a copy. It doesn't cost any extra. And sometimes stores do run out of copies. Halo 3 was available to everyone reguardless, but where I live stores don't usually stock that many copies of Persona 4 or whatever random obscure JRPG of the month might be.

sixpin said:

"And sometimes stores do run out of copies. Halo 3 was available to everyone reguardless, but where I live stores don't usually stock that many copies of Persona 4 or whatever random obscure JRPG of the month might be."

This isn't a niche PS2 JRPG we're talking about, though.  This is Sony's tentpole blockbuster summer game.

IAmJohn, I wasn't talking about this game specifically, simply the pre-order issue in general. I just don't see the harm in pre-ordering.

im not that sure of this game

LiveOrDie1212 said:

"wow, May 26 is pretty soon. AWESOME!!!! cant wait.edit: Jeff loves to bitch doesn't he??? i mean, if you don't like the pre-ordering bullshit, then don't pre-order. you can walk into a Walmart or Best Buy on release day and they'll have tons of copies. no need to bitch over nothing. Jeff, i love you man, but sometimes you get on my nerves dog."

You seem to be missing the point. Demos are supposed to be solely a "Try before you buy" product people can get, play a level of the game with and then decide if they like it or not. He's pointing out that they shouldn't use it as a bargaining chip for pre-orders, they should be using it to promote the game to the average consumer.