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The company launches various discounts to attract players to buy games as soon as possible. But what do you think is the worst pre-order bonus? Let's take a look at the favorite villains of Siliconera employees. Share your choice in the comments!

I think it goes without saying, breaking the siege: the human division may be the worst pre-order bonus so far. So much so that Square Enix had to change the pre-order rewards because of strong opposition to the in-game items and guns locked behind the pre-order level. There is nothing worse than this! Although I am sure there are many who may be skeptical about this. — Hezhen

I can think of a worse pre-order bonus situation.

Does anyone here remember the zero-time dilemma of 3DS and Vita?

Who remembers the zero-time dilemma pre-order watch?

It should look like a gaming watch that everyone wears. Well, the problem happened before shipment. The watch was not ready when it was released. Then, when they started to show up, some of them were already broken.

Or, to make matters worse, people who go through Amazon have to deal with a situation where a promotional credit is set in their account and they have to "buy" the watch for $500, but even if Amazon will "give" them the watch There are still some things to consider, such as taxation.

Then when they arrived, some of them were eventually broken. This is a bad time! —Jenny

The Japanese PS4 version of Valkyrie 4 in March 2018 was my worst pre-order bonus experience. Sega included "A United Front With Squad 7" as an exclusive DLC in a limited 10th anniversary package. But because I pre-ordered a normal physical copy, I didn't get this DLC.

What's really exciting is that when the game is launched on other platforms and regions in the next few months, Sega will make the Squad 7 DLC more accessible. Guess how long the owner of a regular Japanese PS4 distribution will have to wait to get it? Two and a half years, October 2020, that was one of the biggest regrets in my life. - Kite

Growing up in Southeast Asia, this means that most of the games I bought when I was young were pirated. Otherwise the game will be too expensive and imported from the United States or Japan.

In recent years, this situation has changed, as purchasing power continues to increase, and professional game retailers are more likely to find "original" games at affordable prices. But the "pre-order culture" still takes some time to take root. The early "Asian version" of the main release did not have the cool figurines or custom gadgets that Western or Japanese buyers could expect. Instead, local retailers replaced coffee cups, notebooks and mouse pads with cheap, generic "slacks" products.

Pre-ordering a new video game should feel like you are getting something unique to the game itself, rather than buying some limited-time specials at the grocery store. — Josh

Within the scope of the pre-order bonus, one end contains some very cool physical items, while harmless, non-essential cosmetics are somewhere in between. the worst? They are positive and harmful.

One of my least favorite games is one of my favorite games in recent years: Mario Crazy Rabbit: Kingdom Battle. The pre-order includes a "pixel pack", each character has a series of block weapons. problem? They are too suitable for early games. You may want to make progress in a multiplayer game, but in a single player campaign, you are just destroying the challenges of certain missions. — Graham

It's always a good feeling to get any kind of reward-no matter how tacky or how cheap the item is. Personally, I don’t like any retailer-specific in-game bonuses, which will never be offered in any other way in the future. In addition, any game that feels like it requires a lot of useless cosmetic loot to attract players or allow new players to pounce in at no cost is not my jam.

For example: Borderlands 2. Pre-order a golden key with a golden gun, a new character class and a better equipment. Of course, it may not break the rules of the game, but it makes me wonder: Will adding so many bonuses to boost sales at launch will reduce the cost of the game? Shouldn't the game rely on its own merits instead of some useless stolen goods? — Carly

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