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Why Pre-Ordering Games is a Waste of Time

killtheaquitted | April 14, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 Wii 
Counter point to The Exploding Barrel's other article addressing the positive aspects of pre-ordering video games. This article explains how pre-ordering games is a waste of time and only benefits retailers and developers.
You can’t walk into a Gamestop for the past 3 month without an employee forcefully saying “Would you like to reserve a copy of GTA IV?” While having a copy of the game personally reserved might make gamers feel secure, it reality, it’s a completely useless exercise and a waste of time for gamers.
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    Twisted | April 14, 2008
    Duplicate Article Much?

    I like pre ordering them because then I know I won't waste the money on something else before it comes out.
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      Seproth | April 14, 2008
      Not duplicate...read more carefully.

      This is the original article. That links to the story of the counterpoint.

      And if you thought this is a duplicate why post an opinion?
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    Seproth | April 14, 2008
    Lol, it's a waste of time? It takes like a total of 20 seconds...of which I usually am trying to kill time.

    Absolutely no good reason is given to not reserve games. 5 dollars goes to purchase price.

    I didn't get Chronicles of Riddick on launch because I didn't reserve. So I reserve now. I don't feel like I've been ripped off.
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    Silent Storm | April 14, 2008
    I don't preorder games anyway, as it's not practical for me to do so. (For a number of reasons)

    This article does help me to feel a little better about being able to get GTA4 though.
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    Euraces | April 14, 2008
    Well, in all honesty, I have never pre-ordered a game and nor/neither do I ever plan to, for the moment at least, but like Seproth said it really doesn't take long so I don't agree with the article. Also, Andrew5, I checked the article you linked to and in my honest opinion, I think the author of this GameGrep post would have noticed when the "similar article" question came up if it even did, during submission.
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    Euphoric | April 14, 2008
    Actually this is a duplicate article as i link to both this article and the other one in my original posting. If you read teh description I said to read both.

    Duplicates piss me off immensely.
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    xsynergyx | April 15, 2008
    I never pre-order games anyways. The only reason I see to pre-order is because the game might sell out, obviously.
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    Jak66 | April 15, 2008
    This isn't all true. I pre-order games and pay for them fully, then I am guaranteed a copy, and I can just walk in and nab it from them. The one time I did not pre-order a game was Army Of Two... And they were all out at every store, so I had to wait almost a week to get a copy.

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