Greedy Publishers Have Won And Normalized Paying To Play Early
Greedy Publishers Have Won And Normalized Paying To Play Early
Paying to access a game like Assassin's Creed Shadows three days early is now just standard practice
Never preorder. Never buy on day 1. Never pay full price.
There are enough games out there to play that you can always find something else until it's been vetted and discounted.
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It takes two, the publisher to offer the deal and buyers to take the deal.
Sometimes I'm really excited about a game.
That doesn't make me a gullible sucker. I mean, in theory, anyway.
I don't mean to insult anyone who really values being there day one, but for me I just don't care about early access at all. Playing a game a few days early is so unimportant to me I would never even consider paying extra for it.
I mean, just let stupid people lose their money. They don't deserve it if they spend it on stupid shit like this. Trickle-down economics, baby!
Yeah, every time I see one of these stories, I'm very confused. Who is this article for? The people dumb enough to give publishers MORE money for a half-assed, unfinished game? Are they supposed to read this article and be converted? I don't pre-order anything and I rarely spend more than $40 on a game, so I truly don't give a shit.
If some rich douchebag has found a way to separate fools from their money, good for him. LOL
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And you're never going to be able to do anything about that. There are millions of people who make stupid, irresponsible decisions all the time. There are millions of dollars spent to keep them doing that. As long as they continue, the companies keep winning. You can't fix stupid.
Just because they're normalised, it doesn't mean they've won. There are still plenty of us out there who refuse to pay full price for a game, let alone do something as stupid as pre-order
They won that too, because people wait for sales they never have to reduce their prices
Tough luck if you miss the sale
Then there's always the other means.
Is that why some games in my isthereanydeal list still are 30 € after years?
This one never seemed like a big deal to me compared to some of the other blatantly manipulative practices they sometimes employ
I have a few early access games in my library, but they have been "early access" for 5 years now. IMO that doesn't count as "early" anymore. I've never bought a game within the first year of release, much less 5 days before release. But if people are willing to do that, hey, it's their choice to get disappointed 🤷