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Imagine pre ordering a game in 2023.
I don't know if I will preorder but I will buy Game Pass for a month to try it out. And I'm interested enough to try it out first day.
Nah gamepass is totally fine. It's the thought of pre ordering that makes my brain hirt.
I'm with you on pre-ordering but GTA and Elder Scrolls games are my two exceptions. Not sure how I feel about Starfield, should be similar to an Elder Scrolls game since there is no online stuff to go wrong.
My whole hearted advice is to wait for reviews before ever buying a game. Therenis really absolutely zero reason to ever pre order. The pre order bonus skins or whatever are playing on your emotions. People need to resist!
It's gonna be on gamepass at launch??
Looks like Gamepass gets to play Sep 6, so it isn't the "premium" edition that lets you play Sep 1. Oh well another 5 days won't kill me.
ETA: Microsoft continues to do dumb things with pricing. Standard edition is $70, Premium edition is $100. Yikes, but ok. However, they sell a Premium edition upgrade for $35. Why does Standard + Premium upgrade cost more than Premium?
Man, I really do not like the whole “pay more to play early” nonsense. I can wait the extra days but having to avoid the Internet will be annoying
Likely they think that the upgrade is mainly (maybe exclusively) for people playing via game pass. The $5 more is because you didn't buy the game to start with. They did the same with FH5 when that launched I believe.