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5 Reminders NOT to Pre-Order Games This Year ~ We used to demand trials before buying before, what happened? ~ Stop Pre ordering Games (youtu.be)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Honestly, if the idea of no trials don’t bother you, there are plenty more reminders why YOU shouldn’t preorder.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Nobody tells me what to do with my own money.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Can someone unbiasly tell me whats the point of preordering a digital copy?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah idk why anyone is still pre-ordering games.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Thank you for the reminder. I will promptly pay attention to it, and yet, have 0 impact on the world as this issue is a big numbers problem and we're the small numbers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

That's a defeatist attitude. There are a lot more of us then you can fathom. If you're going to make assumptions on data you don't have, why not have hope?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I recall pre-ordering EA's Battlefront back then. I only played it for 4 hours at most. Should have pirated it.

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