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Fans Cancel Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Pre-Orders Because of Denuvo. (80.lv)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

If I can, I try to get my pre-orders through Best Buy's in-store pickup, which means I can simply walk in the store and pickup my order. It's essentially the same as going in and buying the game on launch day, except I'm guaranteed a copy that I've already paid for. If I don't pre-order, there's a chance the store either won't get any copies by release day or they may sell out of them by the time I get there after work.

Also, try as I might, there's been several times where I haven't been able to get a copy from Best Buy for one reason or another. That leaves Amazon as my only choice. So, in that case, pre-ordering means I'll get my package on launch day, typically in the early afternoon.

So, for me, it's less about the pre-order bonuses and more about the logistics. I want to play a game on the day it comes out. I've usually planned to have free time specifically to play the game on release. So pre-ordering means I spend less time looking for a copy of a game I already know 100% that I'll enjoy and more time actually playing the game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

This makes sense, you get physical copies! I haven't purchased a physical copy in so long it didn't even occur to me. Thanks for the explanation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 minutes ago

Honestly, if I can, I always get physical. If I buy a digital copy, there's no guarantee that the store I bought it from won't take it back or something like that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

They still sell physical copies of games? TIL

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Yeah, it's still pretty common for big publishers to sell their games physically. Games from smaller devs that self-publish are usually only sold digitally, though they can sometimes end up getting published physically later on if they get popular enough.

Edit: Or were you talking about Best Buy and Amazon selling physical games?