Point of preorder?

Unless you are getting a special bonus, discount or the ability to pre-install there is never a benefit to pre-ordering.

"OEII1001;c-15973382" wrote:
Unless you are getting a special bonus, discount or the ability to pre-install there is never a benefit to pre-ordering.

I do it because if you use a VPN and connect to a server in Hong Kong you can play the pack a day early.

The point is they get your money for something you haven't seen or played.

"Gabe_oz;c-15973424" wrote:

"OEII1001;c-15973382" wrote:
Unless you are getting a special bonus, discount or the ability to pre-install there is never a benefit to pre-ordering.

I do it because if you use a VPN and connect to a server in Hong Kong you can play the pack a day early.

You probably shouldn't announce that openly, especially with EA's staff running around.

"Gabe_oz;c-15973537" wrote:

"OEII1001;c-15973479" wrote:

"Gabe_oz;c-15973424" wrote:

"OEII1001;c-15973382" wrote:
Unless you are getting a special bonus, discount or the ability to pre-install there is never a benefit to pre-ordering.

I do it because if you use a VPN and connect to a server in Hong Kong you can play the pack a day early.

You probably shouldn't announce that openly, especially with EA's staff running around.

It was discussed a lot on these forums around the time of City Living's release. As far as I know, EA doesn't care as long as you don't use it to attempt to purchase something at a cheaper price.

Then I defer to your superior appraisal of the situation.

Pre-ordering is nothing but a scam unless there's a significant reduction in price like there is with early-access games.

I remember pre-ordering Atlus games at EB back when physical copies were still popular and the store only received like five copies, but nowadays there's no need.

It depends on your views... and country you live in.
I live in an European country, so expansion packs will be released for me 2 days later and at 01.00 AM. If I pre-order, I can start downloading and then go to bed, wake up and play that new expansion pack, and that's if I have a day off. If I haven't, then when I wake up, I open the computer so it can continue downloading, leave, then return home and immediately start playing.
It sometimes does indeed seem like a blessing, as expansion pack takes so much time to download.

"Orchid13;d-923638" wrote:
What's the point of pre ordering a game? I always buy from origin and I never have issues with it. I don't want problems with pets though, could they run out of digital copies?

For me, it's just avoiding payment issues if there's a lot of people buying at once at release. But I figure a day or two ahead would be good enough for that!

#1 it isn't a "scam" unless they promise something they don't deliver.

#2 for some people it is a matter of convenience.

Some people here act like pre-ordering is something the evil corporate EA invented just to steal your dollars so they can wring their hands together and laugh in an evil and wicked way while planning world domination... for Pete's sake people will complain about anything lol

I think sometimes people who preordered expansions in the past have got it a day or so early. I'm not sure about this so don't quote me.