• localhost443@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 days ago

    A savings account earns interest, you can pay into it monthly until product release…

    How does paying up front before release spread the cost?

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        2 days ago

        I genuinely don’t get the “don’t pre order just buy the day it releases” thing.

        Nobody ever said the second part.

        Don’t pre order, wait for reviews a couple weeks after release, buy if reviews are good and no major bullshit is discovered.

        What do you think you’re winning?

        Avoiding the major bullshit.

        Also, even if you did just buy day one: If developers have a lot of pre orders they know they’ll sell anyway they have less of an incentive to deliver the highest possible quality day one. That’s why people are telling you to not pre order. I could not care less if a stranger struggles with day one bugs, but they are helping to lower the bar for everyone else.

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        I genuinely don’t get the “don’t pre order just buy the day it releases” thing. What do you think you’re winning?

        It’s about sending a message. A message that pre-ordering is not worth anymore and they (hopefully) stop releasing unfinished beta releases.