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Honestly, if the idea of no trials don’t bother you, there are plenty more reminders why YOU shouldn’t preorder.
It’s the job of marketing to convince you to spend money on things you don’t need. There is no benefit to preordering. They have proven this to us time and time again, with so many new examples just this past year alone.
There are benefits a lot of the time, don’t lie. What’s typical are exclusive cosmetics, closed beta access, and/or early release access. So weighing those against the worst case scenario of returning the game for a full refund makes it a decent deal.
Cities Skylines 2 is the 1st game i ever preordered.
I figured CS1 is one of my most played games & i was gonna buy CS2 when it launched anyway, so why not do it now? By doing so now, its 1 less thing taking up space in my mind & theres really Nothing to lose with steams refund policy.
The incredible transparency they have been providing via the dev diaries + the fact that they hired a bunch of the top modders from CS1 to help develop the game is what got me to pull the trigger.
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In general I agree but the transparency level shown by the Cities Skylines 2 team has me rethinking this.
And the cycle begins anew
It’s the job of marketing to convince you to spend money on things you don’t need. There is no benefit to preordering. They have proven this to us time and time again, with so many new examples just this past year alone.
Stop feeding the machine. Be a patient gamer.
As a big Cities:Skylines fan, following the dev diaries, I’m with you. I’m having a tough time resisting the urge to preorder.
Then just pre-order the game. The worst that can happen is you end up returning it for a full refund.
Yeah. But if I do preorder it will be less than a month before release date, there’s no reason to buy it at this very moment.
I agree but there is no benefit of preording the game. Wait the release date, buy it, try it for 2 hours, then refund it / keep it.
There is a pre-order bonus of a few unique buildings and an additional map. But no benefit to preorder 3 months before vs. 2 days before launch.
Pre-orders suck out of principle, but from what they’ve shown this is a pretty polished game.
There are benefits a lot of the time, don’t lie. What’s typical are exclusive cosmetics, closed beta access, and/or early release access. So weighing those against the worst case scenario of returning the game for a full refund makes it a decent deal.
Loosing the opportunity to refund the game to get a flashy skin and 2 days early access are a big NOP for me.
Cities Skylines 2 is the 1st game i ever preordered.
I figured CS1 is one of my most played games & i was gonna buy CS2 when it launched anyway, so why not do it now? By doing so now, its 1 less thing taking up space in my mind & theres really Nothing to lose with steams refund policy.
The incredible transparency they have been providing via the dev diaries + the fact that they hired a bunch of the top modders from CS1 to help develop the game is what got me to pull the trigger.