Preorders That Arrive Before Release Date

[TDUFREAK500]

I never pre-order games, why pay $120 for a game when it first comes when I can get it six months later for $70 - $80

[Genius Camel]

Always play them on the day that they come if I'm not too busy. Why wait?

[TimBud]

Yep. As soon as it comes!

[t.]

In terms of the Xbox, so long as the copy is a legitimate retail copy you will suffer no repercussions. Microsoft have made this clear, they have means and ways of telling pirate copies from retails and act accordingly. This is a platform wide rule, whether the game is huge or small. I have someone on my friends list who always has new games early, sometimes up to 10 days early and he's still here.

I play games as soon as they arrive, I was playing that TDU2 over a week before release date. lol.

[Flo]

I never pre-order games, why pay $120 for a game when it first comes when I can get it six months later for $70 - $80

maybe because a game can be really interesting, and you want it the day it comes out? and you want to be SURE that you have a copy ready, not that it is sold out or some

[Diablo]

I never pre-order games, why pay $120 for a game when it first comes when I can get it six months later for $70 - $80

Fair point but also remember that many games now have bonuses for pre-ordering and even though some are a waste, there are others that are damn nice like BF3's FREE B2K Pack when it comes out in December.

Hell yeah!

[Speed]

I never pre-order games, why pay $120 for a game when it first comes when I can get it six months later for $70 - $80

Fair point but also remember that many games now have bonuses for pre-ordering and even though some are a waste, there are others that are damn nice like BF3's FREE B2K Pack when it comes out in December.

Hell yeah!

Plus add in all the leaderboard style challenges games come out with now. If you've played last years NFS Hot Pursuit, you'll have seen Autolog, a feature which compares your race times with that of your friends and encourages you to try to become the fastest therefore adding replay value to the game.

Then you've got rivals mode in Forza 4, which is all about competition amongst friends.

It all comes down to how much you enjoy online I guess, the week Forza 4 was released ~15 of my friends on XBL were playing it, whereas if I were to go on now, I would struggle to find 3 or 4.

6 months on, will there be anyone playing?

[Diablo]

I think with Forza especially a number are getting wise to the wait for the full cut price release within a year that always comes out now. Ok you may be late to the party but you can be sure there will be plenty of people old and new to race once you get on.

[Speed]

Especially with all the DLC that gets bundled in with the "Game of the Year Edition" now, I can understand why someone might wait, I guess I'm just too impatient to be honest.

 

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