" dont understand this thread. whats the problem on preordering? "
The problem is you are giving companies money for a product that is not finite. I live in very small town in Indiana, and I get any game on release day, no problems. You are giving GameStop money which they invest and draw interest from, for a product to which there is no rarity. Amazon's method of not charging you until it ships is much more ethical, though not as an efficient business model. There is nothing wrong with pre-ordering. A lot of people live lives that do not allow them to make to a video game store every Tuesday. However, with much more consumer friendly options out there, I do think gamers should have an issue with fellow gamers who pre-order from GameStop or any other company that requires a monetary deposit on a non rare commodity. Now for Special Editions, etc, I can understand it a lot more. However, as a previous poster mentioned, Amazon will deliver release day "
You can't draw interest from a deposit. "
You can't? Sure you can. If 100,000 people pre-order a game for $5, on average, say 45 days before release. That company has that money in their "pockets' with no costs out the door for a month and a half. They can invest that capital and draw profit and/or interest with a rolling account. It's a great and proven business model if you are selling a finite product. However, it relies on some pretty shady practices against consumers when applied to products that are not limited.
" dont understand this thread. whats the problem on preordering? "
The problem is you are giving companies money for a product that is not finite. I live in very small town in Indiana, and I get any game on release day, no problems. You are giving GameStop money which they invest and draw interest from, for a product to which there is no rarity. Amazon's method of not charging you until it ships is much more ethical, though not as an efficient business model.
There is nothing wrong with pre-ordering. A lot of people live lives that do not allow them to make to a video game store every Tuesday. However, with much more consumer friendly options out there, I do think gamers should have an issue with fellow gamers who pre-order from GameStop or any other company that requires a monetary deposit on a non rare commodity.
Now for Special Editions, etc, I can understand it a lot more. However, as a previous poster mentioned, Amazon will deliver release day
" I am at 37-38 right now and still have a recruit mission and 4-5 character side missions and I still have some exploring to do, game is plenty long enough for me. "
I'm with you man. I have no idea how all of these people are finishing so fast. Unless I followed a guide page by page, I would never get done that fast. I'm at 35 hours and I still have to recruit a certain tech specialist, do that loyality mission, and I have another two loyality missions to go. In addition, I have only done 2/15 planet missions. I will easily hit 50 hours for my perfect playthough.
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