Seasons Pre-Order Incentive?

I do wish it would at least take the money right away if you pre-ordered. I know if I got a slight discount I'd be pre-ordering immediately but I just don't see the point this far out. I doubt I'd pre-order just to be able to play a couple hours earlier.

I have nothing against offering pre-orders in itself but I do think it's kind of... well... silly, okay. What's the point? You don't get it any sooner, you don't get anything extra, you don't get anything cheaper, etc etc. No reviews.

"Zeldaboy180;c-16490084" wrote:

"Marjia;c-16490031" wrote:
Wow, and they earn interest on money they collect now, why would I want to do that? Seems like Pre-order should offer an incentive.
Thanks, Guess I'll hold on to my money till they release it.

They used to and people got angrily, rightfully so. I started sims 3 in the middle of showtime, I had missed out on all of those pre order bonuses that I could never get.

Pre order incentives are the plague of the gaming community when they offer exclusive items.

You can still get the preorder stuff Zeldaboy just google because I will get in trouble linking the site.

I usually pre-order to avoid server traffic if I know I'm going to purchase anyways. In the past, Origin has let pre-orders download a day or so before to avoid server traffic. Download - Install two different things... So you can't Install/play early but you may be able to Download early avoiding server traffic. *shrug* Totally up to the buyer. EA will make money either way.

The ‘incentive’ on preorders favor the company and not the consumer. They build up excitement with the preorder but what you don’t realize is that all of those preorders are actually applied to their ‘release date’ sales which bump up how much the company supposedly made upon its initial release. Like when Taylor Swift included a ‘free’ copy of her then new album with a concert ticket purchase when in reality the price was included with the ticket and the numbers were applied to the album sales on its release.

I got it cheaper from CDkeys (though the price now is slowly going up). A good sale for something that I been waiting is a good enough incentive for me.

The only reason The Sims 3 had preorder bonuses was due to the Store I believe? I'm glad The Sims 4 has almost no exclusive content, I hate exclusivity.

I mean you don’t get it sooner in the sense of like the day before release but you do get access to it at midnight. So for those who don’t live in communities with 24 hour stores where they could pick it up in person at midnight or for those who would normally have to wait until after work/school for a chance to pick up their copy at the store, pre-ordering a digital download saves them from that and allows them to download at midnight. (Or it’ll auto download if that’s available so it’ll be there when they wake up, etc.) It’s not as fun as extra content but it’s a convenience that I’m sure is worth it for some.

"mngrrl35;c-16547075" wrote:

I preordered on the 11th of June and the money has already came out of my account (same day) so they do not hold it until the release date.

They didn't this time, but for past EP's they did, at least for me.

The pre-order I am used to is MMO (SWTOR) and when you pre-order a new expansion (which we haven't had to pay for in 3 or so years, thank goodness for that) we get an early access of a week but this is different I am guessing but not sure as I have to wait anyways. The only catch on the MMO pre-order is you have to be a sub to get the early access.