Are Early Adopters Always "Suckers" At This Point?

[42 Monks]

suckers unless they can afford it for the most part. why so many people take this shyt too seriously.

definitely let the narrative carry too much water for some stuff too. i'll always point to The Division shyt from the sidelines for not matching the trailers - meanwhile in game, the dark zone was *never* as much as fun as it was early on ever again.

some stuff you legit have to be there for early to get an authentic experience.

 

[boriquaking]

Not with equipment, but anyone pre-ordering a game months in advance is an idiot

 

[bogey_j]

suckers unless they can afford it for the most part. why so many people take this shyt too seriously.

definitely let the narrative carry too much water for some stuff too. i'll always point to The Division shyt from the sidelines for not matching the trailers - meanwhile in game, the dark zone was *never* as much as fun as it was early on ever again.

some stuff you legit have to be there for early to get an authentic experience.

I agree when it comes to pvp multiplayer games it’s almost always better to get in there early when everyone sucks at the game and is still trying to figure shyt out instead of 6 months to a year down the line when a meta forms and the only ones still playing are the sweaty tryhards

 

[Joe Sixpack]

This is why I have never pre-ordered a game , and just wait for reviews to come out.

Ill pre order that Rockstar crack that's it

Red Dead Redemption type shyt

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

On a more serious tone, I look at it like this.

Since I still buy physical, if I don't get it at launch, chances are, for most games, I will never find it in the future. Additionally, since I know that these developers/publishers look at these early returns, my purchase is a +1 to their tally.

Lastly, this is my 'thing.' Gaming has always been my #1 hobby. I was like a lot of kids that used to say, 'when I grow up, I'm going to...' It's like Dr. Dre and wearing a new pair of Air Force 1's every day or Bomani Jones never wearing the same pair of socks twice. For me, it's pulling up on release day to get a new game or device. Irrespective of it I play it soon or not. Now, that speaks from a position of privilege to be able to afford it but since I can?

[Fabolous]Meet me at the register, I'm there on the regular[/Fabolous]

 

[duckbutta]

Its funny when you think about it

Buying games day one or pre ordering games is literally buying an item when its the most expensive and the most broken and has the least amount of playability value

No doubt I am going to play starfied...eventually

This doesn't apply to Zelda and Mario games though...they always release in perfect condition

 

[Womb Raider]

Yeah they’ve always been suckers

 

[The Mad Titan]

It's always been like that for all things electronic.


The The thing is with video games now being trendy and cool and big social media events is that people want to be party of the conversation around a game while it's hot. Not months later when no one is talking about it.


People fomo into buying whatever the popular game is just to be part of a conversation around it or to say they own it.

 

[winb83]

Not with equipment, but anyone pre-ordering a game months in advance is an idiot

Most of those launch Xbox 360s and PS3s are dead. Done in by early faulty hardware design. It’s that way for equipment too.

 

[the elastic]

Suckers or just got bread like that

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

I stood in line for 3 hours to buy a Dreamcast on 9.9.99... so... yes.

 

[Batsute]

Broke Gamer Babble

 

[Diondon]

I def don't buy most third party games at launch

 

[winb83]

Broke Gamer Babble

Really wealthy people are all about running up the score. When you got real money it's about how much of it you can hoard not how much you can blow. Being strategic with your spending doesn't mean you're broke it means you're wise.

 

[boriquaking]

Most of those launch Xbox 360s and PS3s are dead. Done in by early faulty hardware design. It’s that way for equipment too.

Bro you’re talking about when George Bush was President.