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I can't justify spending $80 on a game I won't own. (lemmy.world)

submitted 16 hours ago by HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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Can't use the word "buy" if you can't actually buy the thing.

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[–] SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 76 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

preorder what?..... what are you reserving anyways?

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 7 points 9 hours ago

You're preordering your bytes, duh! It's well known that companies run out of bytes when there's massive demand and have to order more from the byte farms. If you don't preorder this, the company might not have enough bytes for you and your download could have to wait a long time until they replenish byte stock!

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

If it’s anything like Forza Horizon 6, they are reserving the ability to play the game five days before everybody else.

[–] baatliwala@lemmy.world 1 points 43 minutes ago* (last edited 43 minutes ago)

I doubt they will do that because they're releasing a story focused single player game, they don't want spoilers out

[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

If it is yes, but afaik they won't do that for gta

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 31 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I assume the standard "I didn't wait to see the reviews" cosmetic that all pre-orders seem to give people these days

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

The ability to have it all downloaded and ready to go at launch, I guess. Wouldn't be so bad if the price weren't raised out of blatant greed while simultaneously removing the option to get a sellable license via a disc.