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[Lombax]

Adding this to the list of reasons I never pre-order games, and wait for steam sales.

 

[Leafhopper]

Now this is just silly.

 

[drotahorror]

This isn't the same game with the preorder exclusive multiplayer is it?

So they went from one of the scummiest preorder practices I've ever seen, right to another.

GG

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

game was 8 bucks off a couple of days ago

not anymore though

 

[7DollarHagane]

Can I pre order for the $20 price cut?

 

[TheSlySoul]

It is sad Techland keeps making mediocre games while 38 Studios made a great game and got closed.

 

[jesu]

In 2005...

She was saying 'It's the small things' way before then.

 

[Mr. Poolman]

This industry is built on hype and false promises.

It truly needs a kick in the nuts.

 

[Lombax]

It is sad Techland keeps making mediocre games while 38 Studios made a great game and got closed.

38 got closed because it was run like a 1999/2000 era .com.

 

[jesu]

I think you can just make up the details and get the free stuff.
The place I ordered it from wasn't on their drop down list and it still worked for me.

 

[Archaix]

Game the system. Pre-Order Day 1, get the code, cancel the pre-order and then wait until you are ready to get the game.

Companies shouldn't do this, but not for the reasons expressed by most of GAF.

Solid plan. My suggestion would be to sell the code on Ebay and never buy Dying Light though. You'd still be less scummy than the publisher by orders of magnitude and you get to profit AND you don't support the practice.

 

[Dougald]

Coincidentally, the later I buy this, the less I pay... AND if there are any colossal day 1 bugs, they'll be patched out

 

[fatchris]

Thanks to policies like these and a complete lack of confidence in the release state of modern AAA games, I'll be picking this up for 5 dollars on Steam once I clear my backlog - if it gets great reviews.

 

[Reallink]

Literally preorder your preorder. Hope the game bombs catastrophically after this bullshit. Go fuck yourself.

 

[mackattk]

I think you can just make up the details and get the free stuff.
The place I ordered it from wasn't on their drop down list and it still worked for me.

Yeah, I think so too. I don't think they have any way of verifying the purchase, especially at the scale needed to do so and the amount of different retailers that are on the drop-down list.

 

[Hasney]

Pahahaha. Was saying that 30fps was the wrong decision and I'd wait until my PC was up to spec to run it 60fps in a sale. Now I just won't bother at all.

 

[jesu]

Solid plan. My suggestion would be to sell the code on Ebay and never buy Dying Light though. You'd still be less scummy than the publisher by orders of magnitude and you get to profit AND you don't support the practice.

There is no code.

 

[tearsintherain]

It doesn't look like the site validates anything, I just typed in some bullshit and it gave me 8 dockets which I assume will the be currency to get the weapons. So its really just an issue of "register 8 weeks in advance get 8 spacebux, diminishing by one every week after".

I guess kind of a sad way to gauge interest in your product, since I doubt this kind of small studio has any way to pull preorder sales data from places like amazon, best buy, target, walmart, etc.

Of course it'll backfire as some people will register hundreds and thousands of new accounts to get preorder codes which they will try to ebay and the publisher will think they have 2m preorders when its really closer to 1/40th of that.

 

[Hamster Plugin]

The other pre-order DLC is much worse than this dockets crap. They made the ability to invade other players' games pre-order exclusive.

Imagine if Red Eye Orbs in Dark Souls were a preorder DLC item, and cracked orbs didn't exist. That's basically what they are doing here.

 

[Gamezone]

The pre order stuff is usually stuff I can live without. Still stupid.

 

[jesu]

It doesn't look like the site validates anything, I just typed in some bullshit and it gave me 8 dockets which I assume will the be currency to get the weapons. So its really just an issue of "register 8 weeks in advance get 8 spacebux, diminishing by one every week after".

I guess kind of a sad way to gauge interest in your product, since I doubt this kind of small studio has any way to pull preorder sales data from places like amazon, best buy, target, walmart, etc.

Of course it'll backfire as some people will register hundreds and thousands of new accounts to get preorder codes which they will try to ebay and the publisher will think they have 2m preorders when its really closer to 1/40th of that.

There is no code.
You link your gamertag and they dockets or whatever they are get added to your account.

 

[n00bsauce87]

It doesn't look like the site validates anything, I just typed in some bullshit and it gave me 8 dockets which I assume will the be currency to get the weapons. So its really just an issue of "register 8 weeks in advance get 8 spacebux, diminishing by one every week after".

I guess kind of a sad way to gauge interest in your product, since I doubt this kind of small studio has any way to pull preorder sales data from places like amazon, best buy, target, walmart, etc.

Of course it'll backfire as some people will register hundreds and thousands of new accounts to get preorder codes which they will try to ebay and the publisher will think they have 2m preorders when its really closer to 1/40th of that.

But what if you struck the lotto and what you typed in was a legit code

 

[Wavebossa]

Lol this is so silly. Just imagine if hardware was like this.

Pre order a PS4 and it will play DVDs and PS3/2/1 games!! I mean, as silly as that sounds, its very possible.

 

[jay]

They should pre-blow me.

 

[dallow_bg]

I think the Drakengard CE was the same.

The earlier you pre-ordered the more you got.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014...may-20th-for-ps3-collectors-edition-revealed/

 

[m_dorian]

The safe way to do this in by not pre-ordering anything. Especially when the lure seems big, many times it equals the disappointment after.

 

[Ramenman]

And people believe this is the greatest era of gaming? :/

Still not going to pre-order. Weapons you get for doing so will be garbage an hour into the game.

Pretty much yes. Shoddy business practices... that don't actually impact your experience as a player.

So i fail to see how this impacts the "quality" of this "era of gaming"

 

[luxarific]

Drakengard 3 did this as well with its preorder DLC on the Squeenix store.

Man, what a GREAT game that was. *thumbsup*

Yeah, terrible practice. And I say this as a person who bought the limited edition (wanted to show support for the devs and thanks for bringing out a sequel - never thought it would happen really).

 

[Zimbardo]

good thing i don't care.

not pre ordering anything anymore ...unless its a new Diablo or Dark Souls game, then maybe.

 

[Stormhammer]

Won't be long before we'll start getting different bonuses depending on different times of day we pre-order.

 

[abracadaver]

Already bought game and season pass but I don't care enough about extra weapons to register at their website.

 

[Rogue_Ledr]

DAMN! Better preorder this weekend.

When does this game come out again?

 

[RoboPlato]

I like WB's game output but they're one of the absolute worst publishers in regards to DLC content.

 

[DerpKnight7]

How to troll them for doing this
1. Get pre order
2. Register
3. Link account
4. Cancel preorder
5. Buy game at later date for better price
6. Justice

 

[Lashley]

How to troll them for doing this
1. Get pre order
2. Register Docket
3. Keep getting weapons on the site until release
4. Cancel pre order the day before release
5. Register codes on PSN/XBL/Steam
6. Buy game at later date on sale
7. Win

They'll likely have something in place to combat this

 

[BibiMaghoo]

That's pretty clever. I respect their ingenuity at least.

 

[jesu]

How to troll them for doing this
1. Get pre order
2. Register Docket
3. Keep getting weapons on the site until release
4. Cancel pre order the day before release
5. Register codes on PSN/XBL/Steam
6. Buy game at later date on sale
7. Win

You don't have to preorder, just register on the site.
There is no codes.

 

[VibratingDonkey]

Then it likely wasn't good enough to make any difference.

If it were, it would be in the base game.

It is in the base game. It's an invasion mode. Everyone can get invaded, only those who pre-order (or pay for it) can invade.

Can't wait to see what the message will say as they inevitably introduce this mode.
"Pay more money to unlock the ability to invade."
How the hell do you spin that into not sounding like the grossest thing ever?

 

[Sweep14]

When is Eurogamer's "5 reason why you should not preorder Dying Light" video launching yet...?

;-)

 

[jesu]

When is Eurogamer's "5 reason why you should not preorder Dying Light" video launching yet...?

;-)

Soon as they can think of 5 reasons.

 

[DerpKnight7]

You don't have to preorder, just register on the site.
There is no codes.

Yeah there are, you need one to register on the site (from the pre order), I know what I said before was wrong tho. Just pre order it, and cancel/never pick it up. Not like they would know, and they can't punish you for not playing it (if you did buy it at launch and didn't play it for months for example)

 

[Zoon]

cool, another game I won't be buying

 

[LAM09]

This is shocking!

Whatever next?

 

[Morrigan Stark]

That's pretty shitty, but --

The other pre-order DLC is much worse than this dockets crap. They made the ability to invade other players' games pre-order exclusive.

Imagine if Red Eye Orbs in Dark Souls were a preorder DLC item, and cracked orbs didn't exist. That's basically what they are doing here.

What the fuck?! That's way, way worse. Why isn't everyone talking about this instead of stupid weapons that'll probably be outdated 1 hour into the game? Holy shit... that's beyond scummy.

(Apologies if people are talking about this in another thread, I haven't seen it.)

They should pre-blow me.

Hahahaha

 

[ElMexiMerican]

Do people really care about in-game item pre-order bonuses that much? I can sort of understand why someone would pre-order to get some extra missions or whatnot, but items that in the end most likely won't really matter in the actual game?

 

[Shredderi]

That's pretty shitty, but --

What the fuck?! That's way, way worse. Why isn't everyone talking about this instead of stupid weapons that'll probably be outdated 1 hour into the game? Holy shit... that's beyond scummy.

(Apologies if people are talking about this in another thread, I haven't seen it.)


Hahahaha

I remember there being a lot of negativity to the preorder thing your talking about. A really fucking deserved negativity. Why can't these publishers try to garner some goodwill for a change and see where it leads to?

 

[Kssio_Aug]

And the worst: "exchange for top-tier weapons". Maybe I will buy Dead Island 2, but Dying Light is crossed out of my list already. Yeah, voting with my wallet!

The other pre-order DLC is much worse than this dockets crap. They made the ability to invade other players' games pre-order exclusive.

Imagine if Red Eye Orbs in Dark Souls were a preorder DLC item, and cracked orbs didn't exist. That's basically what they are doing here.

LoL, and that, I didnt know. Not buying this game at all.

 

[Rembrandt]

The ability to cancel pre-orders makes me care so much less. I'll preorder, register for the free stuff and then cancel my preorder the same day. Fuck them if they're sticking to shitty trends.

 

[OneLifeCycle]

The only thing I'll pre-order is DLC.

 

[DidntKnowJack]

People should just stop caring about pre-order bonus items in games. They're usually pretty worthless stuff, at least in my experience. Overall its marketing nonsense.