It doesn’t apply to me or bother me at all. I always buy the packs I want on release day except a few that I didn’t necessarily want but got them when they went on sale. There have always been incentives for people buying things like discounts, gift with purchase etc etc and not just in video games. People aren’t going to stop buying it so companies aren’t going to stop doing it. At least they give you about 5-6 weeks. They could just say pre-orders only which I find to be the case with most game franchises. I wouldn’t even be mad if they did that (and before anyone gets upset no I’m not saying that’s what they should do).
I’m not mad that people got the plumbob moodlet lamps for owning ts3 content but by the time I had time to focus on ts4, the promo was unavailable. It’s an incentive, a thank you, a whatever you want to call it. Congrats to those that got them.
A store ran out of free birthday gifts for the month by the time my birthday rolled around, I shop there all the time and spend thousands a year, I didn’t get upset or threaten to never shop there again. Just told myself I’d try a different location, be quicker next year or place an online order this year to get it.
I like the bonus content and will continue to purchase early to get it if I’m interested in the pack. But I won’t gripe about it and hope they stop it for everyone just because I can’t get it or it doesn’t appeal to me in that moment. That’s selfish.
