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From: "rms" <rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net>
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Subject: Re: I don't understand pre-orders. Do you preorder?
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 09:36:12 -0700
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>I guess what I'm really asking is does anyone here pre-order... and WHY?
>Do you get anything out of it?

   This gets asked periodically, and I have pre-ordered various title over 
the years.  Anything kickstarter is a pre-order, with the attraction being 
actually helping a project you like get funded, such as System Shock Remake, 
Overload, Woolfe.  I pre-ordered Cyberpunk due to all the hype, pre-ordered 
Stalker2 via a greymarket site to get a hefty discount.  You can see that 
some of these weren't in true release condition for years, was that a huge 
deal, well not really.  The last couple years in particular, with its 
tsunami of 'free' games from retailers and release debacles has made us more 
blasé and cynical, but pre-ordering can still be fun

rms