Comments on: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s Abusive Pre-Order Bonuses Are Just A Symptom of a Larger Problem

By: Silver Joystix

Silver Joystix — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 16:23:00 +0000

In reply to Clint Hoffman. I just read your comment today. You are lucky this pre-order program has already been canceled. Or else, I would have found you and taken away your keyboard to prevent you from typing anything this stupid again.

By: George Carlisle

George Carlisle — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:25:00 +0000

In reply to Clint Hoffman. This is the stupidest comment I've ever heard...

By: George Carlisle

George Carlisle — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:17:00 +0000

Pramath, Eidos Montreal(Deus Ex:HR) is not like the other studios. This game WILL be great..

By: Jason Luthor

Jason Luthor — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 23:23:00 +0000

In reply to Clint Hoffman. You are the Stockholm Syndrome sufferer.

By: Bamf

Bamf — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:07:00 +0000

In this case the pre-order items don’t seem to make a difference to me. But when Mortal Kombat X, or Super Smash Bros wants me to pay $5 per character after paying for the entire game, I do feel cheated.
So I either wait for a collector’s edition, or don’t buy it. Hopefully others will do the same.

By: Furnaceboy

Furnaceboy — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 13:44:00 +0000

In reply to Clint Hoffman. ...No.

By: Drakkenmensch

Drakkenmensch — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:42:00 +0000

In reply to Clint Hoffman. You may change your tune once this becomes common practice and death threats are sent out across Twitter to anyone who refuses to pre-order, even if they intend to buy later.

By: Clint Hoffman

Clint Hoffman — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:13:00 +0000

Bluntly….I disagree with this opinion piece.
It’s a side affect of how people think games are developed and resources are assigned. The customer perception is that everything is designed, tested, released and the customer should get it all for one price. In reality the game is designed and corners are cut to stay on budget. If there is something the customers might really want AND will pay for it (pre-order/dlc/exclusives), then the developer gets PERMISSION to assign resources to add a secondary/tertiary development cycle that includes that stuff. It helps keep staff employed and in some cases ensures that staff will be around to fix/release bug fixes.

The Pre-Order for Deux Ex is exactly the way it should be; you get the privilege of a bit more content for ordering before it hits stores. Rather than have to buy it from multiple stores/sources you can buy it from any of them and pick what you want. If you REALLY want the extra content then buy it as a DLC sometime later on when it becomes available.

The complainers are typically ignorant of budgets/world development, way to greedy and feeling very entitled…..all because they paid $400 bucks for a gaming platform…who cares how many millions it took to produce 1 game.