Point of preorder?

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> 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.
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> Not for Sims 4. It had early downloading only for the base game, and that wasn't playable early.

Actually Pets is playable a day early, I pre ordered it and its available for me a on the 9th!

I per ordered from Symths Toys for £29.99 who told me in an email it was a disk copy.

Mine was dispatched and paid for yesterday afternoon so I might get it sometime today.

"happyopi;c-16074833" wrote:
The digital age was a godsend for big game studios.
Not only do they sell at the same price (or more) as physical copies even without the previous cost of packaging/shipping, they also keep the old habit of preordering alive, which used to be to ensure you had a game when copies were limited, and now just means get money in advance.
And they don't even have to bother waiting for a finished, polished game, they can give whatever and patch what's broken.

That's it mainly.

In this case pre-ordering doesn't mean anything else than pre-paying. You don't have any boni from it. You are just paying in advance for a game expansion that might still be unfinished (talking from experience regarding The Sims).

But this doesn't mean that I cannot understand those who pre-order the pack, especially since Cats & Dogs is always highly demanded by the players. You are looking forward to it and feel good about buying it as soon as possible, because it makes you feel like you already have it.

Nevertheless, these arguments are not rational if you are completely honest. You won't have it until release day because you'll only get a digital "copy". There is no reason to fear that you won't get the expansion (on time) after release as it can't sell out obviously. Furthermore, "controlling your money" is also possible if you do not pre-order. I mean, you can order the game whenever you like - except you feel like you MUST have it on release day. But that's not true. You might WANT to have it then, but to want something doesn't mean you MUST have it. You could also buy it later or wait until the EP is on sale. THAT's controlling your money.

Well... i don't usually pre-order, but i see the price went up on origin, so i guess i saved money by pre-ordering. *shrugs* so i guess i'm glad i pre-ordered.

In most pre orders they don't actually take any money until the game is sent.

You aren't even guarranteed for release day, if the servers screw up. That's not to say they WILL. But there's more than one release, and EPs are a big deal, so it's quite likely that at least a percentage of people will fail.

On top of everything else, if it's really, REALLY bad, you don't get to find out because you haven't seen any reviews.

Me, I at least want to experience seeing reviews before I actually play it, even if I'll probably buy it anyway. I'll probably wait for after the December patch, where some of the C&D bugs will be patched.

I feel weird now about it but I asked for the preorder because my bday just passed so it seemed to make sense. I got two stuff packs as well and "got" 'em all at the same time.

It's a bummer there's no big benefit but I don't think it's necessarily a bad idea, though now I feel kinda bad. But I think some reasons are great. I know most people don't have an autumn bday though ... do what you want if you can however, I wouldn't judge.

"Kuroi;c-16143814" wrote:

"happyopi;c-16074833" wrote:
The digital age was a godsend for big game studios.
Not only do they sell at the same price (or more) as physical copies even without the previous cost of packaging/shipping, they also keep the old habit of preordering alive, which used to be to ensure you had a game when copies were limited, and now just means get money in advance.
And they don't even have to bother waiting for a finished, polished game, they can give whatever and patch what's broken.

That's it mainly.

In this case pre-ordering doesn't mean anything else than pre-paying. You don't have any boni from it. You are just paying in advance for a game expansion that might still be unfinished (talking from experience regarding The Sims).

But this doesn't mean that I cannot understand those who pre-order the pack, especially since Cats & Dogs is always highly demanded by the players. You are looking forward to it and feel good about buying it as soon as possible, because it makes you feel like you already have it.

Nevertheless, these arguments are not rational if you are completely honest. You won't have it until release day because you'll only get a digital "copy". There is no reason to fear that you won't get the expansion (on time) after release as it can't sell out obviously. Furthermore, "controlling your money" is also possible if you do not pre-order. I mean, you can order the game whenever you like - except you feel like you MUST have it on release day. But that's not true. You might WANT to have it then, but to want something doesn't mean you MUST have it. You could also buy it later or wait until the EP is on sale. THAT's controlling your money.

That's not true Happyopi - at least for EA anyway - as they do not take or get YOUR money until the game is available for you to download. Now I cannot say the same thing for stores you may choose to buy from or even your bank that may put a hold on that amount of money as a pending hold - but EA gets nothing until you start downloading the game on release time or in the case of buying a physical game -then when it is shipped - that is the law. So if your bank or card holder is taking your money beforehand - then you need to talk with them and find out why unless that is a law in your country if you are not from the USA - then it might be a law where you live - but regardless - EA still does not get it until the download date or shipping date.

I preordered a bit ago and it says the game is available today, but there is no option to download. I wonder when I'll be able to play...

If you pre ordered it will tell you on your origin account what time it will be available. Mine says tonight at 11pm GMT.