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Deus Ex Mankind Divided Pre-Order program canceled
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Srey Plaughtered
Member
I remember when the main purpose of Pre-order was just a guaranteed copy on launch date. Good times.
Exclusive content for preordering, more preorders = more exclusive content.
Now no one gets it and they'll probably charge for it now
Also it's a deus ex game, doubt the preorder guys want that
Mad Season
Banned
good on them
This, lol. See what happens when we vote with our wallets guys and gals?
Holding the release date for ransom.
Games I've seen do something like this on Steam usually give you a free game (Civ V came free with the highest reward-tier of XCOM, for example), but this was a step too far.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Good, cuz that was fuckin' stupid.
Cave Johnson
Member
They don't split the game egregiously as this. Having extra games vs split game tier is a fundamentally different weight no matter what your stance it is then. If you're going to go all the way with this, then all pre-order bonusus should be shut down effectively if you believe that to be so, tiers or otherwise.
Also, the fact that they aren't going to release the game 4 days earlier is total bullshit bonus on their part. They just knew this was their selling point of the the tier system.
I'm surprised you can see us all the way up there from your pedestal, don't trip now, you wont survive the fall
If I understand the OP image correctly, the original offer was to allow you to choose what your pre-order content was, instead of it being dependent on which retailer you went through? Something like that?
I need more background on this... will search for a thread...
Edit: OMG WTF
VERY HAPPY THIS IS DEAD
I need more background on this... will search for a thread...
Edit: OMG WTF
VERY HAPPY THIS IS DEAD
Srey Plaughtered
Member
It was essentially kickstarter-like stretchgoals.
Bolivar687
Banned
They care about the gamer!
Doug Heffernan
Member
As long its not a super limited edition that's fine. I always wait for the game to drop to $40 before buying. We'll see if there's any "day one" editions left.
Mushroomer25
Member
The right move. Their system was confusing, and a little abusive. It pushed people to get as many pre-orders in as possible, trying to encourage some artifical groundswell for a game that couldn't need it any less.
All that said, I still think the outrage was a bit much. This wasn't a new scheme. Steam had pushed this exact same idea a few years ago, and people really didn't care about it then. Why was it this game that stirred people into a frenzy? Also, I would've enjoyed getting the game a few days early. But since that bonus was never guaranteed, I won't lose too much sleep over that.
All that said, I still think the outrage was a bit much. This wasn't a new scheme. Steam had pushed this exact same idea a few years ago, and people really didn't care about it then. Why was it this game that stirred people into a frenzy? Also, I would've enjoyed getting the game a few days early. But since that bonus was never guaranteed, I won't lose too much sleep over that.
Gaiaknight
Member
still keeping my pre-order for this game, but damn im gonna miss the chance of getting the game early ; ;
Doug Heffernan
Member
Yep, that's the only pre-order incentive that makes sense, especially for digital pre-orders.
Novel Mike
Member
Yes, this is actually a good idea and sadly thats what was largley ignored by SE at the end of this.
Honestly I don't think a tiered system for preorders is a bad thing if its done RIGHT, the BS that SE tried to pull with this was stupid but it could work if publishers were willing to actually make the bonuses feel like an actual reward and if they disclosed the numbers for each tier and updated it either daily or weekly on where the numbers were currently at.
If for example take Deus Ex had done something like the following...
Tier 1 (250k Preorders): digital artbook and digital soundtrack included
Tier 2 (500k Preorders): Physical soundtrack and artbook, extra disk with making of videos (basically what you'd normally find in an 80$ CE)
Tier 3 (1 Mil preorders): Game releases 1 week early (4 days is stupid)
Tier 4 (4 million preorders): All DLC at launch and in the future is free to everyone.
Now something like that could get behind.
Hold the line.
illusionary
Member
Good to hear that they've been listening!
AHA-Lambda
Member
Why aren't they releasing the game on the 19th anyway? They were obviously able to.
Caayn
Member
It's funny because all the pre-order stuff devs and pubs have been adding over the years has actually made me quit pre-ordering all together.
Because that was totally the plan and the act of moving up the date was totally artificial. The intended release date was always the 19th.
They likely needed to delay deeper into 2016. Can't do that when you have people paying for a specific release date.
I remember the Giant Bomb guys talking about it on the podcast... the reason they all felt it was pretty scummy was because there was that there was no information on how many preorders it would take to fill the meter to unlock things. They could fill the meter as slow/fast as they wanted and there was no way it wouldn't hit the final goal because that would be like saying there wasn't enough interest in their game.
It came off as some huge advertisement to get more pre-orders for no real reason. It was stupid, glad they backed out of it.
It came off as some huge advertisement to get more pre-orders for no real reason. It was stupid, glad they backed out of it.
J
Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
All that there needs to be said really.
Is it? That's sooner than I thought.
Ugh, man I hope XCOM 2 is good.... Also, I hope the ending to this game is better than the one in Human Revolution.
Femmeworth
Banned
Good, but I feel this won't be the last we see of this scheme.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Bar81
Member
This is 100% accurate. Agreed.
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
Kudos SE, faith restored.
Ironically, I'll probably pre-order now.
Ironically, I'll probably pre-order now.
DJ Lushious
Member
Eh, I wasn't too bothered by it. I consider it an experiment that the overall community didn't like. Well, Eidos/Square Enix got the message and have made amends. Everyone should be happy!
All I know is I want this game! Human Revolution is an outstanding game through and through. I just played through it again and it's still as amazing as I remember it.
All I know is I want this game! Human Revolution is an outstanding game through and through. I just played through it again and it's still as amazing as I remember it.
So? Plenty of PC games pulling this shit makes it ok?