Please people; stop preordering, its ruining the games industry.,(reply>), @Philipp Truveller developers and publishers arent the same.<br>It can put immense stress and terrible deadlines onto developers, while also possibly tarnishing their CV if it goes bad.<br>But for publishers its a win, win, they get the money, and its free advertising, for people who preorder a game (especially a multiplayer one) are more likely to ask/recommend friends to get it as well.,(reply>), @L7vanmatre Witcher rose above and became possibly the best game of all time. Cant say the same for cyberpunk and I don’t think I ever will. The base foundation isnt as strong.,(reply>), Stop getting so hyped for everything, actually. That's what really ruins things. <br><br>Star Wars Battlefront 2, for example, they got hyped up because "ooh look cooly trailer and yues I know it EA but I'm so hyped more Starwars!". Plenty of people purchased on day 1 without hearing anything about it because they didn't pre-order, which effectively is the same as pre-ordering except now you're clogging the servers some more instead of pre-loading a few days before. <br><br>Cyberpunk's issue in my opinion was the hype surrounding it and people getting really mad that it keeps getting delayed (because they're hyped). My opinion is that they should've waited further (I personally loved it though, but I don't play a game to necessarily be served amazingly, but to instead enjoy the journey that a game developer lovingly crafted, to enjoy the soul of the game) so the general populace won't get angry about it so much, but that wasn't the (growing) angry mob's opinion at the time.<br><br>Witcher 3 had plenty of its own issues at the time of release. They just weren't known as "The company that made Witcher 3 WHICH IS THE BEST GAME EVERRRRRRR EPITOME OF GAMING" yet. They had years to perfect it and once it was, a lot of the love of the game was often evangelized around that time. But also some things are supposedly overlooked like Geralt being unable to walk down stairs. I think I always jumped down stairs on purpose so I actually didn't notice. Inconsistent/weird fall damage. But those are easy to overlook, and for me, the lack of an amazing splash for throwing grenades in water is something I can overlook and still enjoy the game. <br><br><br>TL;DR Witcher 3 wasn't as hyped as Cyberpunk 2077. Witcher 3 had its own issues, and so does Cyberpunk 2077. Cyberpunk was a victim of overhype. Whether it's due to their marketing team being too overt, or their reputation creating unrealistic expectations, hype really hurt it. Hype, in my opinion, is the real "game industry" ruiner.,(reply>), Pre order was something useful to the industry to evaluate the numbers of copy they needed day one but digital sales totally make pre order useless,(reply>), Preordering a game is a waste of money too