Pfft, disgusting. The only thing worse than preorder bonuses - AAA kickstarter tier preorders... was about time I suppose, considering that they think kickstarters are made for them as well.

Not that I intended to make a day1 purchase one way or the other. In 5 years, when it finds its way here or ends up in a $1 humble bundle.

Then where is Human Revolution?

The only game I have ever pre-ordered was Witcher 3 and it has zero bonuses for pre-ordering. Some discount, but no bonuses.

I did it to support the developer and DRM-free game distribution. That's my bar, I must trust and respect the developer and the game must be DRM-free, then I'll be very open to pre-ordering.

DXMD has neither and the pre-order bonuses don't interest me at all.

I honestly don't know. They gave it away for $1 charity giveaway a few months ago (Steam), yet they're ignoring GOG. I suppose they'd rather give it for free than DRM-Free? *shrugs*

Bioshock was available DRM-free for a dollar on HumbleBundle but never on GoG. Makes me wonder.

I dont remember having to pay money to unlock Paris and Hong Kong in the Original Deus Ex

Is this the thread where everyone is bitching and then ending up pre-ordering anyway because it's DEUS EX!?
I bet it is.

I haven't preordered any game since about 5 years ago so no I will not but I bet what you said is exactly what Square Enix is expecting.

Right

You know. For a guy like you with a title that says "God of Sarcasm", you suck at finding it in others.

Content Divided: Death To Pre-Order Culture

Jim Sterling expands on his initial reaction with a full Jimquisition episode. If you can tolerate the over the top obnoxious character he plays, there are some valid points on how propagating the pre-order culture over the years has led to this latest deplorable marketing stunt by Eido Montreal/Squeenix.

Mark my words: they will pull this because of the kids with access to the pa's and ma's card. And they will keep going, because, well, their stunt worked.:(

Yeah, I don't really have high hopes of the gaming majority resisting this bullshit stunt unfortunately and if this one succeeds we will only see more crowd sourced pre-orders from other publishers as well.

"There are circumstances and reasons where preorders can make sense" - quote from the video.
He's just another hypocrite.