Deus Ex: Mankind Divided preorder shenanigans...

[SlumlordThanatos]

For some reason, I can't seem to get the embed to work, so here's TotalBiscuit explaining the whole thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Vx4_prmvo

So, since when did publishers think that adding Kickstarter-style awards to their preorders was a good idea? Seems pretty shitty to me.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet. Thoughts? Opinions?

 

[Zhukov]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet. Thoughts? Opinions?

The site ran an article on it. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.881758-Deus-Ex-Mankind-Divided-Pre-Order-Program-Takes-Crowdfunding-Approach]

As for my thoughts and opinions: Meh.

Publishers love pre-orders for obvious reasons so they're promoting them. Pretty straight forward.

Don't like it? Don't buy it. Or at least don't pre-order it. I don't intend to.

Granted, that decision is made a whole lot easier by the game itself looking thoroughly lackluster.