Battlefield 1 Revolution Edition (Why You Should Never Pre-Order Games)

Most game prices come down after some time has passed, so I wouldn't say he got burned as he already have played the game for a year.
Pre-ordering games is still stupid.

I mean, people buy the games at launch/pre-purchase so they play them... from the start. It's a well known fact that they'll eventually drop in price immensely. Of course EA is just taking the piss marking the games at fucking $130, but at the same time, if people buy it, they'd have to be stupid not to.

they paid their preorder and enjoyed it early, nothing wrong about it.

but if some are bitter about it, yes, they can start to avoid preorders.

"But I'll play it first... I want it! I want it!"

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Tell me something new. I've been saying and I'll say it again - pre-ordering is a stupid and unnecessary thing that somehow became mainstream and "acceptable". Unless you just need (and in which case, you have a problem with self-control) to play the game AS SOON as it's available, then you're wasting a huge sum of money. Plus you risk getting scammed due to a hyped game actually being shitty, or butched releases.

In any case, not my money, not my business. Personally, I prefer to live in the past, playing games which I can trust will work and are good (based on reviews, etc) as if they had just released. Why play a game immediately? I won't die tomorrow. Or maybe I will. But huh... that's besides the point, now.

Relevant video: https://youtu.be/wiMyCzezfTg

I laugh when this kind of shit happens. The whole "pre-order now and get fucked over later" thing is nothing new, and people should know better. Pre-ordering is stupid, and complaining just makes you look like even more of an idiot... like, just STFU and learn from your mistakes.

How did they get burned?
They paid what they thought was an acceptable price for the product and enjoyed the game for umpteen months.
Did they think the price will never be lowered?

It's not that I don't agree that buying at launch has consequences such as paying a lot + experiencing the first bugs and unbalances, but if everyone could get Battlefield 1 + all it's expansions for 1 cent for instance, Origin would go out of business in a month. Because lets be honest, We don't want to spend 130, we don't want to spend 60, we don't want to spend 30, actually, how cheap are they willing to give it to us? It just matters when you stop being a cheap person.

Origin has to make it's money somehow cause they're not Steam and they don't have a market that gets 15% on anything sold to literally boost their lifestyle, so they seem greedy with their biggest game, but are they really? If we complain too much we'll end up killing another game.

Regarding the video, what did he expect, origin has been giving away every dlc for a battlefield(excluding 1) game for free so far, so at least before they start doing that, they'll try and sell it cheap. You already know it's coming and as a guy who pre-ordered the game, he should too. So this $60 edition is basically selling you the game which you're a year old to, + the DLC which you get to enjoy early cause you paid for it before everyone else will get it for free, but not as early as the guys who pre-ordered and paid even more. Makes sense. The more you pay, the sooner you get to enjoy things, the less you pay, the later you are to the party. It was going down in price over time either way, it can't just stay at $130 for the rest of his life cause he's entitled.

I'd say the real problem isn't pre-ordering, it's DLC itself existing. expansion packs always existed, but they were very different and delivered much higher quality content than any DLC I see today.

Support the Russian Revolution, comrade. After all, it's the 100 years anniversary.

From 130$ to 60$ in a little bit less than a year?
We have seen bigger (at least %) discounts on other games....even from EA
Battlefield 4 (60$) was sold 6months after release on sales for 20$....

They enjoyed playing the game for 11 months...if they didn't get their 130$ worth of play/fun out of it...guess it's their selfmade problem with preordering?^^

My biggest issue is with preorder exclusives. "Buy it now before you have any way of knowing if it's gonna suck balls or you'll miss out forever on this in-game item."

People that buy preorder have too much money

When they want waste there money in this way it is ok for me but QQ later because it was so expensive is only a laugh for me.
Each one know that the Gameprices drop in the first year very fast.

Buying games at launch is usually a bad move for your wallet. These days games are nearly guaranteed to be at least 25% off within three months of release. Wait a year and you might see 50-66% even for big name titles.

Big-name developers and publishers make most of their money from the initial launch of the game. Once this period is over, they start looking at getting their game out for cheaper to keep sales going and to squeeze some extra cash out of the IP. This is less likely to happen with indie developers since they can subsist on slow-burning sales. Another big factor is DLC and sequels, where the base game is given away at incredibly low prices in the hopes that it will increase brand recognition and loyalty.

That's like saying that buying an iPhone 8 this year for 800$ is stupid if next year it will be selling for 700$..
Anyway, more on topic, pre-orders and day-one DLC is ruining the overall experience of a game, that's why when I get the game its when I am going to play it.. because today its 75% off tomorrow can be 90%, nobody knows that's in the devs minds

Where can I find the Battlefield's community response to this new edition other than the comments on the video you linked?

Everyone seems to be missing the point here. The issue isn't the price drop as such as everyone knew that was going to happen but when it occurred. People paid a premium for a "complete edition" and EA then started selling equivalent of said "complete edition" for a third of the price after the first of four DLC packs was released.

They paid the 70 dollar extra so they could play the game before most players migrate over to the next spectacle shooter. Nothing particularly new here apart from EA acknowledging that the average console shooter player's attention span may last for a year at best. So, now they try to bring in the crowd whose parents do not have 130 bucks for a game, only 60—thus keeping the game alive a little more before Battlefield 1 Part 2 or something comes along.

I just don't understand people complaining about price drops. More people will be able to afford the game, servers become populated again, you can make a gift to your friends and play with them...

I disagree. Lets say the game has a 2 year long life span. They paid twice as much to get twice as long to play with an active playerbase. I think they won in this case.

sooner or later there will be a complete edition for cheap. it's the case for everygame, they gonna have price decrease or pack one days or another.
but if everyone did like that and waited, most games wouldn't sell at lauch and just die without more contents at cheaper prices later.

What's wrong ? he enjoyed the game 1 more year than the people that are going to buy it now. He has unlocked tons of items in game that people don't have now, so he will have upper hand on people starting the game. The only REAL downside is about pre ordering goodies, i think those thing should stay exclusive to those who made an effort to support the game early. But for the rest, there's nothing wrong with EA. All game now have somehow a "complete" version coming a year or 2 later for a better price. People that preorder knows this and just want to enjoy the game as early as possible. People that want complete experience will wait later. The crying babies should just learn how gaming industrie work, and never trust what developper tells. Just be patient, or be ready to pay full price has always been the rule.

I mean, they payed knows the $130 price. If they are willing to pay that for a game than it's their fault. EA only lowered the price to increase a dying community.

its been 1 year. nearly every game gets 50% discounted after a year. That is completely normal. nothing to be upset about. i dont like season passes and dlc's so i bought the normal edition for 29 euros 6 month ago. no regrets.

I learned about that of not buying NEW games /preorder but on console :( , bough ac syndicate and the division for 70€ each one, those 140€ that i will never get back and could make better use, feelsbad.