Preorders

[owsf2000]

As a sign that preorders have gotten a bit out of control,I submit this as exhibit A.

I wonder if they had to add 10 million to the cost of production just to organize the preorders. :p

I'm fine with preordering and have no problem with the standard types of different packages - standard edition, limited edition, eventual game-of-the-year or greatest hits editions... but this is just kinda overboard.

*edit*

Aaaaand html tag fixed on the link. :P

Comments

[kane-magus.livejournal.com]

How about the preorder "bonus" of being allowed to beta test the game (http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/05/26/on-bungies-pre-order-only-destiny-beta/)? Not only are you not being paid to be a tester (which is typical for open betas anyway), now you're having to actively buy the game first before being allowed to test it. Then again, I suppose that's slightly better than how many other game devs/pubs do it these days, which is to let customers of the final released product be the beta testers. ¬_¬