I've noticed a little something different this year, with all of these awesome games nearing release. What is up with all of this exclusive stuff? Is that the new way to try and convince the world to buy the game? Or are these companies paying up for the game makers to come up with shit they think will help them move more of their product?
Now truth be told, I damn near lost my mind trying to figure out where to pick up Dragon Age: Origins up from. Why? Because everyone had some sort of special exclusive in-game item that sounded like it would be like a god's gift to your character. And with these things being available only through pre-ordering, you pass it up and that is it.
Case in point, there is a funny little thing about this exclusive content business going on around a game called Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. Now if you pre-ordered the game from GameStop, you get a character called Juggernaut. If you didn't? You do not get the character at all! No unlocking in the game, no picking the character up later in a DLC pack or anything. You just don't get jack! Pre-ordering, by all appearances, is a gamer's first and last chance to get the character!
I understand that something like that should not matter, but then I would love to get the most for my money. But it sucks to ultimately have to miss out on a part of the game because you didn't pre-order something ahead of time. So now this sort of thing sure has made the decision making process on which games to buy a true headache inducing affair.
The biggest pusher of this sort of thing appears to be GameStop, who seem to have attached something to just about all the big titles coming out. Some of this stuff sounds cool, others not so much. But it cannot be denied that this appears to be the new thing in gaming. And here I thought it was only going to be about more expensive special edition versions of the games.
After choosing where to buy Dragon Age: Origins, I can honestly say that I will be more careful about losing my mind over stuff like this in the future.
This is getting crazy...
2 comments:
Pre-ordering guarantees sales (somewhat). And they want as many people to buy a game for the full $60 as they can.
Want to know what's worse?
When you have the opportunity to preorder a game from different places and THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT PREORDER BONUSES. This is becoming more and more common. I've actually considered buying more than one copy of a game because of this. (I haven't yet.) I'm one of those people that collects games and stuff. I preorder everything and always buy the collector's or limited edition. So having to choose which place has the best preorder stuff really SUCKS. I always get really pissed off about it.
It's also important to note that although they say that you won't get some kind of bonus item unless you preorder, more often than not, they make it available in future DLC. Not always, but often.
I know what you mean!
I spent a little too much time trying to figure who to buy Dragon Age from. What made the choice a little harder and as you mentioned, everyone had something different! I even considered on buying more then one copy, just to get the items. I wonder if anyone will accept a return, minus the bonus item card?
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