The last time I pre-ordered a game was Final Fantasy VII for the PlayStation back in 1997. After that, I just have not been into any games, or looking forward to any, that were worth putting money down upfront for.

I understand why people want to but as we moved to a digital era, meaning less "feelies" such as shirts, toys, physical items, as a thank you for pre-ordering, we get more and more digital stuff.

Sadly, a lot of game developers give that stuff to all the other players at some point too, making pre-ordering kind of pointless if you ask me. If you get an exclusive skin for pre-ordering but then the game has a major hiccup later and the publisher gives that pre-order skin away as an apology, then that is not fair to those that pre-ordered, at least not in my opinion.

Just like games like Fortnite that, now used to, have skins and items exclusive to the season, they are moving to a limited exclusivity on that item or skin. It puts a lot less pressure on gamers to play the game overall.

With pre-orders most are only offering 24 hours early access. What is that? My luck I would be working that day and miss out on it if I were to pre-order something.

Pre-orders as they are today make no sense.