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Lately I’ve been seeing more virtue signaling from gamers warning each other to not pre order upcoming games. What are you 5 years old lol you need reminders from internet strangers to not spend your money on a series that burned you in the past?

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[–] Gorb@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The power of fomo and not having that pointless preorder exclusive treat. You see the preorder bonus is now play the game a week early and its incredibly popular for some reason

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Ironically, I don’t think it’s the FOMO of the game itself that drives them, it’s the FOMO of the pseudo-social experience of the day one purchase-play-social media feedback cycle.