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What are you thoughts on Pre-ordering? I'm just curious....Personnally, I preorder all of my games that I buy. I trade in my other Gamestop games than use my credit to preorder. Right now, I have like 7 games preordered, all coming out without like 3 weeks of each other.. Why does November have to be such a hot gaming month? (MW2, Bioshock 2, L4D2, Assassin's Creed 2...)

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I preorded CoD:MW2 a week or two ago, and I don't see the problem with it. You're guaranteed a copy of the game, no going to Gamestop or something to find it all sold out.

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You traded in games for credit to preorder? How big of a stockpile do you have to get that much credit?

 

 

 

I preorder sometimes. Not a lot, but not very frequently. Mostly because I don't like paying launch price unless I'm real hyped for it, then I'll usually just hope I can find a copy on release day or soon afterwards. Worked for Dead Space and Halo Wars (even got the Limited Edition with no preorder).

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You traded in games for credit to preorder? How big of a stockpile do you have to get that much credit?

 

 

 

I preorder sometimes. Not a lot, but not very frequently. Mostly because I don't like paying launch price unless I'm real hyped for it, then I'll usually just hope I can find a copy on release day or soon afterwards. Worked for Dead Space and Halo Wars (even got the Limited Edition with no preorder).

 

I work at GS so I get a lot more credit. When I was young my grandma bought me a TON of Gamecube/PS2 games that I dont play anymore. So I just trade them in...

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I think the last time I pre-ordered a game was like 5 years ago probably. I just don't do it anymore because there is no reason to.

 

 

 

Well, I take that back. I have pre-ordered some valve games from steam, simply because they usually give you a nice 5% discount or so. Even then I just wait to preorder like a day before the game comes out.

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I'll only preorder a game nowadays if it gives me a nice benefit - money off (like steam/valve as Nadril mentioned), cool or interesting freebies or similar.

 

 

 

I used to preorder more back in the day, but now with digital distribution and a larger industry its rarely (at least for me) impossible to find a game on launch day.

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If I'm sure it's going to be great, and if the price isn't ridiculous, I might pre-order it. Or if there's a discount, or some cool collector's item or something that comes with it. Or if it's something that will most likely be so popular that it'll sell out on the first day.

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I have only ever pre-ordered two games, WoW: TBC, and FFVII: DC. The first was just to make sure I got it the day of. The second was just so I knew when it came in (SE games always seem to have shady release dates).

 

 

 

Now I have no reason, as I work at wal mart, and even though we don't have pre-orders, the 10% discount is well worth it!.

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I never pre-order games. Partly because I think $60 is a ridiculous price for anything but the creme de la creme of games, partly because the game might be total [cabbage].

 

 

 

 

 

Mostly agree, once I bought a game I was excited for and it turned out to be not so great (and - the game was Lostmagic for DS - it ended up leaving marks on my touch screen from repeatedly drawing one symbol).

 

 

 

That and I usually don't have money on the release date.

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Well considering people wasted $1500 dollars when the 360 first came out, paying $5 to pre-order a game seems like nothing.

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Only game I've preordered is GTA4 but I didn't like it, so I traded it in at EB games and got 3 games for it. I got CoD:WaW on sale for $30 less 1 month after it came out made me laugh so much, and also I saw GH:Metallica pre-owned 2 days after it was released.

 

 

 

EDIT:The only reason I would Pre-order is if I got something extra with the game, such as an unlock/extra characters or missions/beta key for something else. Like today, I pre-ordered ODST as it comes with a Firefight character and Halo Reach Beta Access.

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I have never preordered games - they rarely run out of stock over here (not many gamers, I guess :lol: ). And I even got a 15 discount from Halo 3 when I bought it on launch day from the local store. :shock: Wouldn't have gotten that through pre-ordering, I bet. :D

 

 

 

I'd say pre-ordering is an OK thing. At least it helps your hype with the fact that you are going to get the game 100% surely.

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I just pre-order so I know its paid off, I'm horrible with money so it makes sure i can get the game on release day.

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After nearly "Pre-Ordering" Dark and Light, I will never, ever even think about it again. :oops:

 

 

 

I don't think I've ever had a problem getting a new release on the first day it came out. Usually if you go early enough, chances are you'll get it. If not, a couple days wait isn't so bad.

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After nearly "Pre-Ordering" Dark and Light, I will never, ever even think about it again. :oops:

 

 

 

:lol: Yeah good thing you didn't pre order lol.

 

 

 

 

 

Is getting a game the very first day it comes out that important?

 

 

 

Yes :P . I don't pre-order though. Most of my purchases these days are digital anyways.

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