Is preordering even important anymore?

[mollipen]

You should have gotten the SH4 soundtrack when you pre-ordered the game.

For a game like Fable, no, there's no real reason to pre-order. For really small or niche titles, however, it can be. A lot of stores around here won't even in a game if it is too small if there are no pre-orders. So, if you're somebody without the ability to purchase things off of the internet, then it can still be important to pre-order that kind of stuff.

If you have an internet connection, however, and the ability to buy things from said internet, the need of pre-ordering is pretty much gone.

[Rhydant]

There is a GameStop in Arizona (Pheonix or Flagstaff, cant remember) that has over 1,300 preorders for Halo 2.

In that case, I'd say getting a preorder would be fairly important.

I used to make a ton of reserves to help out my friends who work(ed) at GameStop. But I pulled them all 2 weeks ago in order to have enough cash for Phantom Brave and Star Ocean. Its actually kind of an investment. I had 9 preorders pulled, yielding me $45 that I didnt have before. woot.

[Anal Kaboom]

There is a GameStop in Arizona (Pheonix or Flagstaff, cant remember) that has over 1,300 preorders for Halo 2.

In that case, I'd say getting a preorder would be fairly important.

I used to make a ton of reserves to help out my friends who work(ed) at GameStop. But I pulled them all 2 weeks ago in order to have enough cash for Phantom Brave and Star Ocean. Its actually kind of an investment. I had 9 preorders pulled, yielding me $45 that I didnt have before. woot.

Never thought of it that way.

[Razor Ramon]

You should have gotten the SH4 soundtrack when you pre-ordered the game.

I thought so, too. When my g/f and I went to go pick it up, the guy just gave me the game. I asked him about the soundtrack and he said they don't know what I'm talking about. So now, all my pre-ordering is going to be done online.

[Dyne]

ive stopped preordering since the stores in my area give out freebies if the workers havnt taken them all, which is usually never.

[Schlep]

For a game like Fable, no, there's no real reason to pre-order.

People who preordered Fable got a DVD with trailers for Microsoft's games through Q1 2005, as well as a 30 minute feature on the making of Fable. Definitely worth the preorder, imo.

[Jeremy]

I stopped pre-ordering a few years ago, and I've only done it if there's a bonus, or a good chance the game will be hard to find down the line.

[Roufuss]

I thought so, too. When my g/f and I went to go pick it up, the guy just gave me the game. I asked him about the soundtrack and he said they don't know what I'm talking about. So now, all my pre-ordering is going to be done online.

Same fucking thing happened to me and the soundtrack with Castlevania for ps2. The EB worker told me "I don't know anything about that, we didn't get in any preorders".

Now I preorder online where the bonus item is it's own seperate item, so you know if it's coming or not, and if it dosen't, they legally owe it to you.

[Adman]

I pre-ordered R-Type Final online and got me a decent looking dogtag out of it, so yeah, it's worth it for the bonuses.

[Razor Ramon]

ive stopped preordering since the stores in my area give out freebies if the workers havnt taken them all, which is usually never.

I'm starting to believe all video game stores do this. Before the EBX used to give away the pre-sale items to their friends.

Same fucking thing happened to me and the soundtrack with Castlevania for ps2. The EB worker told me "I don't know anything about that, we didn't get in any preorders".

Now I preorder online where the bonus item is it's own seperate item, so you know if it's coming or not, and if it dosen't, they legally owe it to you.

This is why I am going to start doing it online. Now I'm out a Ryu bust AND a Silent Hill 4 soundtrack. Waiting a week for a game to get to my house won't kill me if I'm getting a kick-ass item along with it.