Does people actually do this? (about pre-orders)

This last week has been awesome in the Bioware foruns with the annoucement of ME3's multiplayer component.
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Never before I've seen so much rage online. Haters hated, whinners whinned and normal people argued. It's pretty interesting how some people reacted to what in my view is a good improvement to one of the best, if not the best, series this generation.
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That said, one thing really cought my attention. A lot of people were saying they were cancelling their pre-orders and although I think this is dumb, I can retionalize it. But from this group a few people went even further and said they were cancelling they The Old Republic pre-order.
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Now that is impressive. Do people actually do this? Cancel pre-orders to get back on developers? On because some broken and twisted "code of ethics" was attacked (in this case because of ME3's multiplayer)? Some people even said they wouldn't buy EA games anymore.
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I can only hope they were lying.

Nothing wrong with it. People except a singleplayer game with no multiplayer and then this hits. It is going to annoy some people to the point of not wanting to support that company any more. I know that is how I felt with the whole online only Diablo 3 when I played 2 by myself a majority of the time.

That's the only way to get a developers attention. They are making the game to make money, and if enough people cancel their pre-orders, then the company needs to make changes in order to obtain their primary goal, e.g. make more money.

People are just stupid :|

Gamers have every right to fight back the only way they can, with their hard-earned dollars.

ME3 has online!!!!, I hate games that allow multiple players, time to cancel my preorder for an MMO. The logic is pretty sound.

Well, according to your post, they do.meetroid8

Yeah, well, visiting the Bioware forums was your mistake, at your own risk and all that.

No they don't. They whine and moan, but end up buying anyway cause they are ****.Proof:

You mean DO people actually do this.

Oh no a optional online componet that you dont need to play to get the full SP experiance. HOW DARE THE DEVS DO THIS!!!! people really need to grow up. When dead space 2 came out with online I didint freak or cancel my purchese. I tried the online once didint care for it and still got a great SP experiance.

This last week has been awesome in the Bioware foruns with the annoucement of ME3's multiplayer component.
.
Never before I've seen so much rage online. Haters hated, whinners whinned and normal people argued. It's pretty interesting how some people reacted to what in my view is a good improvement to one of the best, if not the best, series this generation.
.
That said, one thing really cought my attention. A lot of people were saying they were cancelling their pre-orders and although I think this is dumb, I can retionalize it. But from this group a few people went even further and said they were cancelling they The Old Republic pre-order.
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Now that is impressive. Do people actually do this? Cancel pre-orders to get back on developers? On because some broken and twisted "code of ethics" was attacked (in this case because of ME3's multiplayer)? Some people even said they wouldn't buy EA games anymore.
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I can only hope they were lying.

padaporra

meh, gamers are a bunch of babies i learned to ignore things like this.

Uh, people aren't cancelling their preorders of ME3 to "get back at" Bioware for their choices with the game, they are doing so because they don't like what they are hearing so they don't want the game anymore.

It's not a revenge thing, it's a "Why the hell would I buy something that sounds like ass?" thing.

A lot of people do this. People did this with the BF3 beta too. I can't tell you how many times I heard " OMG there's bugs in the beta? Preorder cancelled! " It's also funny when people do it to games like Mass Effect. Obviously they're big fans of the game to post in the forums, so why would they not get the game if they are fans of the first two because of an added multiplayer feature? Trav57

To be fair, most people didn't expect the beta graphics to look like absolute crap.

That's just dumb. Just because one of the Bioware teams is doing something with a game that you don't like doesn't mean you should screw yourself out of another game you're excited for just because it says Bioware on it.

That's just dumb. Just because one of the Bioware teams is doing something with a game that you don't like doesn't mean you should screw yourself out of a game you're excited for just because it says Bioware on it.

Phoenix534

I really don't understand this mentality. If someone is excited for a game and preorders it, but as information comes out about it they become less and less excited for it, why should they keep their preorder?

It's not like they can't buy the game after it comes out if it does come out good, and it certainly makes more sense not to give them the benefit of the doubt if you dislike everything you hear about the game.

[QUOTE="Trav57"]A lot of people do this. People did this with the BF3 beta too. I can't tell you how many times I heard " OMG there's bugs in the beta? Preorder cancelled! " It's also funny when people do it to games like Mass Effect. Obviously they're big fans of the game to post in the forums, so why would they not get the game if they are fans of the first two because of an added multiplayer feature? Haiyama

To be fair, most people didn't expect the beta graphics to look like absolute crap.

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That's just dumb. Just because one of the Bioware teams is doing something with a game that you don't like doesn't mean you should screw yourself out of a game you're excited for just because it says Bioware on it.

Pug-Nasty

I really don't understand this mentality. If someone is excited for a game and preorders it, but as information comes out about it they become less and less excited for it, why should they keep their preorder?

It's not like they can't buy the game after it comes out if it does come out good, and it certainly makes more sense not to give them the benefit of the doubt if you dislike everything you hear about the game.

It depends on the situation. Why someone excited for ME3 should cancel the pre order cause theres an optional(keyword) MP.

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That's just dumb. Just because one of the Bioware teams is doing something with a game that you don't like doesn't mean you should screw yourself out of a game you're excited for just because it says Bioware on it.

finalfantasy94

I really don't understand this mentality. If someone is excited for a game and preorders it, but as information comes out about it they become less and less excited for it, why should they keep their preorder?

It's not like they can't buy the game after it comes out if it does come out good, and it certainly makes more sense not to give them the benefit of the doubt if you dislike everything you hear about the game.

It depends on the situation. Why someone excited for ME3 should cancel the pre order cause theres an optional(keyword) MP.

a crappy game gets a crappy multi-player component. big whooplloveLamp

Oh no a optional online componet that you dont need to play to get the full SP experiance. HOW DARE THE DEVS DO THIS!!!! people really need to grow up. When dead space 2 came out with online I didint freak or cancel my purchese. I tried the online once didint care for it and still got a great SP experiance.

finalfantasy94

Unless we know these people personally and watch what they do outside of the Internet, there's no way to know.

All I have to say is for the people cancelling their ToR pre order, give me your Collectors Edition if you have it :P

Anyways back on topic, people talk smack on in the internet, namely over games is nothing new but it does seem to get worse and worse.

I canceled my preorder thanks to it. I've said all along I would if any kind of multiplayer were implemented in ME3 since the rumors of it surfaced months ago.

What was once my favorite series this generation is now completely irrelevant to me.

I canceled my preorder thanks to it. I've said all along I would if any kind of multiplayer were implemented in ME3 since the rumors of it surfaced months ago.

What was once my favorite series this generation is now completely irrelevant to me.

Doolz2024

Why? It's not like it doesn't still have a full-fledged single-player campaign.

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I canceled my preorder thanks to it. I've said all along I would if any kind of multiplayer were implemented in ME3 since the rumors of it surfaced months ago.

What was once my favorite series this generation is now completely irrelevant to me.

Phoenix534

Why? It's not like it doesn't still have a full-fledged single-player campaign.

Maybe he sees how awful DA 2 was, sees this decision regarding ME, and just doesn't have any faith in Bioware anymore.

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[QUOTE="Doolz2024"]

I canceled my preorder thanks to it. I've said all along I would if any kind of multiplayer were implemented in ME3 since the rumors of it surfaced months ago.

What was once my favorite series this generation is now completely irrelevant to me.

Pug-Nasty

Why? It's not like it doesn't still have a full-fledged single-player campaign.

Maybe he sees how awful DA 2 was, sees this decision regarding ME, and just doesn't have any faith in Bioware anymore.

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[QUOTE="Doolz2024"]

I canceled my preorder thanks to it. I've said all along I would if any kind of multiplayer were implemented in ME3 since the rumors of it surfaced months ago.

What was once my favorite series this generation is now completely irrelevant to me.

Pug-Nasty

Why? It's not like it doesn't still have a full-fledged single-player campaign.

Maybe he sees how awful DA 2 was, sees this decision regarding ME, and just doesn't have any faith in Bioware anymore.

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[QUOTE="Doolz2024"]

I canceled my preorder thanks to it. I've said all along I would if any kind of multiplayer were implemented in ME3 since the rumors of it surfaced months ago.

What was once my favorite series this generation is now completely irrelevant to me.

Pug-Nasty

Why? It's not like it doesn't still have a full-fledged single-player campaign.

Maybe he sees how awful DA 2 was, sees this decision regarding ME, and just doesn't have any faith in Bioware anymore.

Now that's a perfectly legitimate excuse, and the reason I'm not going to preorder Mass Effect. I've kinda lost faith in Bioware actually making a good RPG.

I wouldn't cancel my preoders unless something really bad happened. Waste of 5 bucks.

Now that's pretty ****ing stupid. If the MP isn't a major component to the game, then skip it all together. You shouldn't cancel your pre-order just because there's something non-essential you don't like, even when the rest of the game looks good. Nor should you boycott the dev as a whole because of it.

No they don't. They whine and moan, but end up buying anyway cause they are ****.Proof:

Masculus

Haha ya so true, all said they was going to boycott CoD but at release day all was playing it :lol: