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Gaming Minute: Giant Bomb Gaming Minute 02/05/2015 - Pre-Order Bonuses

Between pre-orders and expensive special editions, bonus junk for games continue to spin out of control. Jeff Gerstmann speaks about a couple of recent examples.

Feb. 5 2015

Posted by: Jeff

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Edited By hassun

Good on you for highlighting this. And it's not just store specific pre-order stuff either.

The digital variant is horseshit as well.

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Oh Snap.

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Cool to see this spot used to talk about more than just new releases. Good on you, Jeff!

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I... I don't matter? *tear*

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These are cool. I'd like to see some more in depth discussions about this kind of stuff other than on the bombcast as well.

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Great one! :)

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*Looks excitedly into the world of video games*

*Backs slowly away from the world of video games*

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Preach it, brother Gerstmann!

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Give me more from the World of Video Games.

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Good on you.

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I do like more Jeff on anything really. He always have interesting point of view on things.

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I didn't know Jeff was IN the world of video games. God have mercy on his soul.

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I like this. An uncensored version would also be welcome.

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No game is worth $180...and I am someone who fucking loves video games.

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@hassun said:

Good on you for highlighting this. And it's not just store specific pre-order stuff either.

The digital variant is horseshit as well.

Totally, and really, digital is way worse. No cancellations, no actual bonuses of tangible value aside from unlock keys for special weapons or character skins. At least with physical pre-order bonuses, such as posters, CDs, or t-shirts, that they can hold some sort of value or reason aside from some arbitrarily unlocked map or something that is made available for all people months later.

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Never seen a pre-order bonus that was worth caring about.