Vince DiCola
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That is so stupid. I love it
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The worst preorder bonuses
- Thread starter FireBeaver
- Start date
That is so stupid. I love it
TheGamingBox
Banned
the idea was to make it so that the publisher only needs to make 1 sku for the limited edition, in case of of this one, ea never really pushed this as a collectors edition for the game when they marketed it, it was also priced like it didnt include the game, it's priced at $100 which is good for what you are getting, that vehicle is pretty high quality
they dont really expect you to buy this product by itself
i've seen other limited editions start doing this
Zen_Arcade
Banned
You know someone is going to show up at tournaments wearing these.
WTF?
BasilZero
Member
Thats so random lol
Worst one for me was the Pin for KH 2.5 Remix......
The KH 1.5 Remix pre-order was better....same with the KH3D.
foolishoptimist
Member
People are joking about No Man's Sky, as if the game was the bad DLC.
But there's a legitimate complaint about the Pre-Order Ship - because it broke the game.
But there's a legitimate complaint about the Pre-Order Ship - because it broke the game.
joecanada
Member
Never before have the words "killlll meeeeee" meant so much
What the fuck is this shit?
A failed promotion for Mankind Divided: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EziTB53aD6k
One of the funniest things about it is that even if it was successful, Mankind Divided got delayed by six months. So they never would've released it early.
Unacceptable.
Reptars Revenge
Member
Black Flag Football, geniuses working there.
Square Enix messed up so badly their games' marketing: deus ex and this shitty promotion, hitman as an episodic game, tomb raider and its temporal exclusivity on xbox one please, fire the person or people who are taking these decisions.
And there was also that win an island promotion for Just Cause 3 Day One Edition (ugh, ironic when you still see these around shops after a year of their release).
And Ubisoft had so many different skins as bonus preorder for Watch Dog depending on the store, GAF had to create a graphic because otherwise it was complicated to keep track of all of them.
PaulExcellent
Member
Bruh, I'm blasting this shit so hard right now.
Thank you.
This is the best gift a person can give.
Zero Time Dilemma: The Thread
http://neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1278595
Broken pre-order watches, delayed watches, PR disaster, lies, lies and damn lies.
Oh, and taxes because Amazon priced the watches as $500 items.
http://neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1238838
http://neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1278595
Broken pre-order watches, delayed watches, PR disaster, lies, lies and damn lies.
Oh, and taxes because Amazon priced the watches as $500 items.
http://neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1238838
nephilimdj
Member
Those controller pouches that came with Games for gamecube and ps2 in japan, basically 20cents of felt that would fall appart after 2 days
rocketskates
Member
Pins. Pins EVERYWHERE now 😩
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
I genuinely wish all special editions were like that. That way I can get them *and* pre-load digitally. Also, for for the rare multiplats that are actually limited, it makes them easier to obtain since it's a universal pool.
A.D. Skinner
Member
All I see is non-standard editions of games...if these statues (even if they are terrible) were pre-order bonuses, I would pre-order more games.
OP said worst, not best!
A) "Everyone"
B) It's more the whole campaign they did than just the cherry on top
C) See: Every big game now
D) Those were Ultimate Editions that included the actual Ultimate Edition content (Car Pass, Season Pass, Season Pass + Halo Wars 1 DE) in addition to early play, not just "$20 to play early"
Mine:
Why? Because I sold that sucker with the quickness due to how much it was worth, and it's haunted my days ever since. No other preorder bonus has ever made me question my life choices, much less for a decade after.
I have one and was torn up after some uses. It was pretty good to carry some consoles because of its size, but nothing else IMO.
I remembered another one:
i think it was a preorder bonus for N3 in China.
I can see this, and other similar items, being the real worst. Just a generic ass football with the game logo stamped on, even many of the stupid ones are a cute novelty rather than some sort of soulless company merch given away for free.
Special Geralt bust hand crafted by our illustrious development team! *
* Team members may not have sculpting experience.
NoblesseOblige
Banned
Wasn't there a game that included brass knuckles as a pre-order bonus before learning they were illegal in several states/territories?
It was the Godfather 2, which also came with a wire.
I think it was a press kit not a pre-order.
TatteredHat
Member
That Plasma Cutter ended up just being a plastic piece of crap with a led on it. Not quite as bad as some of the other examples here but after this I stopped buying CEs.
To be perfectly honest: I couldn't have done a better job, they sure tried!
Just be careful to not stray to close to the light in this case.
People are joking about No Man's Sky, as if the game was the bad DLC.
But there's a legitimate complaint about the Pre-Order Ship - because it broke the game.
Came to post this too, because I think there's not a lot of games out there that had the pre-order bonus being a game-breaking bug.
Super Stardust
Member
ValeYard
Member
The Batman Arkham Asylum collector's batarang was pretty awful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAvDXgpXa9Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAvDXgpXa9Y
blankempathy
Member
It didn't actually get released but still.
I don't know about riptide since I haven't played it but I know dead island had that whole island beach resort outbreak theme so I can kinda see what they're going for but still. If they wanted to do a zombie bikini theme they should have just had a whole figurine or something else to get their idea across. Even with context that statue is just terrible.
Chuckie
Member
drangleic tourism
Member
Would have been better if they were leggings that said ARMS.
Turbanator
Member
This shit. Why would (for example) Darkseid and Eliza not be playable for everybody if they're already finished and in the game?
This.
PSN Static themes" are dumb, but then again, so is preordering from their store at full price.