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Originally Posted by FIREWALL
How many of you in the future will PreOrder a game from Ubisoft or another publisher ?
Will you wait for better reviews after game is released ?
Wait for a playable Demo ?
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I used to pre-order certain boxed games, to reduce the shipping delay as much as possible. But now that I buy most games on Steam, it's not really necessary to pre-order. I can have any Steam game on my hard drive in a couple hours, so it's easier to hold off a day or two and read initial user reviews. Online distribution and user reviews have helped me dodge a few bullets with games I was initially excited about, like Elemental: War of Magic (and boy, am I glad I waited on that one, based on early reports!).
Aside from that, certain developers have earned a "buy it early" or "wait and see" approach, based on past performance. I'll buy just about anything Bioware makes very early (next in line: Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 3) because their recent games have been very solid (if not perfect) on day one. I'm very interested in the upcoming Shogun 2 from CA, but I've learned to wait at least six months on anything in the Total War series. Same thing for Ubi and the Silent Hunter series.... and I'm still waiting.
