Seems a good price for a highly-anticipated game pre-order
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scorez
19 Jan 1612#1
If you're voting this cold, can you let me know where you can get it cheaper digital?
benjammin316
19 Jan 163#41
Best to just let people pre-order what they want to pre-order.
If you don't want to pre-order, don't.
Heat added for the price.
Spark
19 Jan 163#35
In fact, you've got me started now so I'm going to put this whole YouTube and 'we do not pre-order' nonsense into perspective right now.
Most YT and Twitch streamers make money from two sources of revenue. The first is the obvious kickback they get from the site provider based on views and advertising. The trouble there is that you have to hit a certain number before Twitch or Google even give you anything and that initial number is significant, hence why only a few people ever actually manage to get any real money from it.
The second is from referrals to vendors, similar to how HUKD is funded. You click their affiliate link and they get a commission from Amazon/ShopTo/Kinguin/whoever from your sale. With YouTube channels especially this is now rife as it guarantees more money than ad revenue and can potentially be far more profitable for everyone concerned.
The trouble is of course that non-official gaming channels (e.g. not IGN, GameSpot, Kotaku etc) usually don't have access to pre-release code and if they do then it is almost always embargoed until release. Review embargos are now commonly only lifted on the day of or the day before release to stop smaller channels from rushing out reviews and trying to beat the official outlets to the punch.
With that in mind, it's much harder for a YT channel that makes a lot of it's revenue from referrals to sell a pre-order to it's subscribers so instead they start to bleet on about how pre-orders are spelling death from the industry and are just a way to rip people off. In fact all those channels are trying to accomplish through that is a continued secured revenue stream for themselves and, if they're lucky, a bit of free publicity.
In all honesty, I would say that YouTube is far more hazardous to the games industry than pre-orders will ever be. It encourages those with zero professional journalistic ability or integrity to share their message with the world and profit from sharing that message. In reality, that person probably has no business sharing their message with the wider public. If they did then their CV would probably have multiple entries from professional journalistic outlets on it (even as just a freelancer) rather than just including a brief stint working at McDonalds.
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scorez
19 Jan 1612#1
If you're voting this cold, can you let me know where you can get it cheaper digital?
SpudUK to scorez
19 Jan 16#6
It's unlikely we will.
But then, no-where with fully legal keys would be able to sell it this low.
Dr_Bawbag to scorez
19 Jan 16#24
It isn't about the actual price when it comes to gaming, it's about many people believing their little black plastic box is an extension of their own self worth. By the same token, people who defend games that no one can properly pass judgement on is equally bizarre. This game could be a heap of ****, yet there are many out there that talk it up like it's the best thing since sliced bread. Based on next to nothing really. Same holds true for many other games yet to be released, so it's not just restricted to this particular title.
dudwood_fudwood to scorez
19 Jan 161#25
It has nothing to do with the price and more to do with pre-orders. Pre-orders are killing the games industry. Don't do it.
Not voted either way though .
Snakeyes646 to scorez
19 Jan 16#47
Ps fanboys voting cold
Neoman to scorez
19 Jan 162#57
I believe people would be voting cold due to the flawed business model of preordering games.
You could liken it to buying a painting before its been painted.
Waiting for the game to be released is always the best way to guarantee your not buying trash.
johnwillowlfc
19 Jan 16#2
Good price OP, you may want to add the platform to the title though :smiley:
TWFJJ90 to johnwillowlfc
19 Jan 16#3
Done and thanks for the heads up :smiley:
scorez
19 Jan 161#4
Purchased. Cheers m8!
Backriver000
19 Jan 16#5
Hopefully won't get delayed again.
woodg8
19 Jan 16#7
when is this even out?
UUK
19 Jan 16#8
Might sound like a stupid question but I'll ask anyway.. How do cdkeys have digital preorder codes already where the xbox site itself has not started taking preorders? Checked the page on xbox site and still says "Coming Soon"
Spark to UUK
19 Jan 16#23
It's being bundled with some consoles and they have obviously secured a quota of the codes.
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Top comments
If you don't want to pre-order, don't.
Heat added for the price.
Most YT and Twitch streamers make money from two sources of revenue. The first is the obvious kickback they get from the site provider based on views and advertising. The trouble there is that you have to hit a certain number before Twitch or Google even give you anything and that initial number is significant, hence why only a few people ever actually manage to get any real money from it.
The second is from referrals to vendors, similar to how HUKD is funded. You click their affiliate link and they get a commission from Amazon/ShopTo/Kinguin/whoever from your sale. With YouTube channels especially this is now rife as it guarantees more money than ad revenue and can potentially be far more profitable for everyone concerned.
The trouble is of course that non-official gaming channels (e.g. not IGN, GameSpot, Kotaku etc) usually don't have access to pre-release code and if they do then it is almost always embargoed until release. Review embargos are now commonly only lifted on the day of or the day before release to stop smaller channels from rushing out reviews and trying to beat the official outlets to the punch.
With that in mind, it's much harder for a YT channel that makes a lot of it's revenue from referrals to sell a pre-order to it's subscribers so instead they start to bleet on about how pre-orders are spelling death from the industry and are just a way to rip people off. In fact all those channels are trying to accomplish through that is a continued secured revenue stream for themselves and, if they're lucky, a bit of free publicity.
In all honesty, I would say that YouTube is far more hazardous to the games industry than pre-orders will ever be. It encourages those with zero professional journalistic ability or integrity to share their message with the world and profit from sharing that message. In reality, that person probably has no business sharing their message with the wider public. If they did then their CV would probably have multiple entries from professional journalistic outlets on it (even as just a freelancer) rather than just including a brief stint working at McDonalds.
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But then, no-where with fully legal keys would be able to sell it this low.
Not voted either way though .
You could liken it to buying a painting before its been painted.
Waiting for the game to be released is always the best way to guarantee your not buying trash.
Maybe 2 years ago!