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If thousands of people put even $1 on a preorder, that's thousands of dollars that GS has in the bank collecting interest, thousands of dollars that a publisher also has collecting for them on a product that they haven't even delivered yet. If the game is delayed, that's even more money that they have. If you hate the game and get your money back, you won't get back the interest they've collected, so they win either way.
Now multiply this by millions.
: one stop payment of 60-70 is alot. i spend that on groceries a week.
Jesus, top brand name products on your table, I see.
: i agree that pre-order incentives are dumb ways to grab "hype"
As explained, they also use them to funnel people to certain stores, and usually to snag those preorders early. Remember the thirty versions of Halo 4 floating around (when they promised to keep it simple)? Corporate sponsors are the suck we have to deal with for a better game/marketing budget.
: i prefer to string out that amount of money over longer period. now if
: company's started having payment plans i would immediately stop
: pre-ordering.
Microsoft did that with the 360, actually, lol. Must have been an experiment for something...
Are you preordering Halo 5? | Moorpheusl9 | 7/5/15 11:54 am |
Definitely NOT preordering | scarab | 7/5/15 12:16 pm |
i pre-order halo 5 | Bounce-A-Gon | 7/5/15 2:04 pm |
Re: i pre-order halo 5 | Grizzlei | 7/5/15 2:42 pm |
Re: i pre-order halo 5 lets be honest | Bounce-A-Gon | 7/5/15 3:07 pm |
Re: i pre-order halo 5 lets be honest | Hyokin | 7/5/15 9:01 pm |
Re: i pre-order halo 5 | General Vagueness | 7/6/15 12:19 am |
Will continue to pre-order from those I trust... | yakaman | 7/6/15 2:13 pm |
Re: Will continue to pre-order from those I trust. | thebruce0 | 7/6/15 3:01 pm |
Re: Will continue to pre-order from those I trust. | yakaman | 7/6/15 6:17 pm |
Re: Will continue to pre-order from those I trust. | Azo 'Galvat | 7/6/15 4:48 pm |
+1 | Grizzlei | 7/6/15 5:08 pm |
Re: +1 +1 *NM* | kidtsunami | 7/6/15 6:12 pm |
Re: +1 | yakaman | 7/6/15 6:14 pm |
Re: +1 +1 *NM* | thebruce0 | 7/7/15 9:14 am |
Maybe | Vincent | 7/5/15 1:22 pm |
Yep! | Grizzlei | 7/5/15 2:37 pm |
Re: Nope. | Hyokin | 7/5/15 2:45 pm |
Depends | Urban Reflex | 7/5/15 2:59 pm |
Re: Depends | Moorpheusl9 | 7/5/15 3:19 pm |
Re: Depends | asa | 7/5/15 3:59 pm |
Re: Depends | Moorpheusl9 | 7/5/15 4:13 pm |
Re: Depends | asa | 7/5/15 4:23 pm |
Probably. | serpx | 7/5/15 3:26 pm |
Preordering it? Ha! | Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316) | 7/5/15 4:34 pm |
Just curious... | yakaman | 7/6/15 2:24 pm |
Re: Just curious... | Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316) | 7/6/15 6:15 pm |
I strongly disagree with you | kidtsunami | 7/7/15 6:18 pm |
Pre-orders are meaningless today. Stop doing them. *NM* | Revenant1988 | 7/5/15 4:51 pm |
But, midnight launches. *NM* | Gravemind | 7/5/15 6:10 pm |
Nope. | Phoenix_9286 | 7/5/15 5:06 pm |
Nah. | Quirel | 7/5/15 5:28 pm |
Same here. *NM* | robofin117 | 7/5/15 5:56 pm |
Noooope! | LostSpartan987 | 7/5/15 7:08 pm |
Absolutely not | padraig08 | 7/5/15 8:06 pm |
very few people at large have the same halo values *NM* | Bounce-A-Gon | 7/5/15 9:15 pm |
BTW, your new nickname is Mr. Sunshine. | Quirel | 7/6/15 3:04 am |
Re: BTW, your new nickname is Mr. Sunshine. | Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316) | 7/6/15 6:03 am |
^What he said... Oddly enough. *NM* | munky-058 | 7/6/15 4:56 pm |
Great words, my friend. | robofin117 | 7/6/15 6:02 pm |
Thanks. All of you. *NM* | Quirel | 7/8/15 1:01 am |
Yea | zofinda | 7/5/15 8:56 pm |
You're an idiot if you do. | Pkmnrulz240 | 7/5/15 9:30 pm |
It is the year 2016 C.E. | Grizzlei | 7/5/15 9:43 pm |
Re: It is the year 2016 C.E. | Hyokin | 7/5/15 9:54 pm |
hey look at me | Bounce-A-Gon | 7/5/15 9:47 pm |
I don't think he means the game itself | ZackDark | 7/5/15 10:03 pm |
oh hell no | hunt3r | 7/6/15 5:18 am |
They are meaningless. | Revenant1988 | 7/6/15 6:55 am |
Re: They are meaningless. | Gravemind | 7/6/15 2:32 pm |
Re: They are meaningless. | Revenant1988 | 7/6/15 7:25 pm |
*path. Path of least resistance. *NM* | Revenant1988 | 7/6/15 7:29 pm |
Re: They are meaningless. | Gravemind | 7/6/15 11:13 pm |
*drops mic* *NM* | thebruce0 | 7/7/15 9:19 am |
Re: They are meaningless. | Revenant1988 | 7/7/15 7:18 pm |
Re: I don't think he means the game itself | Pkmnrulz240 | 7/6/15 12:23 pm |
it may be a weak arguement | Bounce-A-Gon | 7/6/15 3:59 pm |
Wrong. | munky-058 | 7/6/15 4:51 pm |
Re: Wrong. | Bounce-A-Gon | 7/6/15 5:30 pm |
Re: Wrong. | thebruce0 | 7/7/15 9:23 am |
Re: I don't think he means the game itself | serpx | 7/7/15 4:20 pm |
Re: hey look at me | General Vagueness | 7/6/15 1:13 pm |
Re: Are you preordering Halo 5? | MacGyver10 | 7/6/15 10:15 am |
Probably not... | yakaman | 7/6/15 2:16 pm |
Re: Are you preordering Halo 5? | GreyThor | 7/7/15 3:31 am |
*OT* gah! | thebruce0 | 7/7/15 9:24 am |
There, there. *pats on shoulder* | robofin117 | 7/8/15 12:19 am |
Re: Are you preordering Halo 5? | ForeignDevil | 7/11/15 1:17 am |