5 Reminders NOT to Pre-Order Games This Year
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Pre-ordering video games used to mean securing your disc at a retailer before they sold out on launch night. Now it means paying full price (or more) for a p...

Honestly, if the idea of no trials don’t bother you, there are plenty more reminders why YOU shouldn’t preorder.

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The only game I’ve preordered in the last like 5 years is Pikmen 4, and only because I enjoyed the demo so much.

Carlos Solís
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Emphasis on the “enjoyed the demo” here! You can safely buy a game if you can play the demo without troubles - it’s extremely rare to see a game become worse between demo and release, unless it’s to add Denuvo.

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