We all know the three golden rules of nowadays gaming:
- Do not pre-order
- Do not play on launch day
- Wait for the first patch before considering a game “stable”
I am convinced that roughly only 1% of gamers are actually capable of not immediately wasting their money.
Hype train works well on a huge amount if people, and a bunch of the rest get suckered in by their online communities or influencers or friends.
People have been saying “Remember, No Preorders” for what seems like a decade now, and just nope, gamers are seemingly the most gullible market demographic on the planet, while also being extremely good about complaining.
Any way I would add a 4th rule of waiting at least 2 weeks per the number of As the developer has, as thats roughly the amount of time before fan-hype begins to subside enough for decent reviews to start showing up.
Most people who play games are not “gamers” and are not in any kind of community that says not to preorder.
Talking to my two young barbers is kinda surreal sometimes. They always ask me if i play video games, because that’s pretty much everything we have in common. But for them playing video games means buying every call of duty and every fifa as soon as possible. It’s just the normal thing to do for them. They don’t care who makes the game or if it’s good or anything. I play a few niche games, but they have never heard of anything i ever played. Apex? Destiny? Overwatch? Never heard of it.
I entirely do not mean to get into a semantic argument about what a true or real gamer is.
I meant it as in people who consume, ie play, video games, as a market demographic.
That being said, sure, I agree that the vast majority of people who play games on a console or pc are not in some kind of no preorders community.
Personally, I just get cognitive whiplash from the difference between I guess the youtubers I follow to review games, the general sentiment of much of the community here on lemmy… and then the entire rest of the gaming world.
It is quite annoying and sad to watch hype train after hype train crash into the station in a flaming inferno after decades of watching people generally fall for very similar marketing gimmicks and absurd promises.
This from the “AAAA” studios
AAAA only makes sense in horror games. Not games you expect to be finished.
I’ve boycotted Ubisoft for so long I’ve forgotten why I started the boycott originally.
Haven’t missed a damn thing.
