Video Games?

[smc]

Originally Posted by BlueRaven88

Pre-purchasing means I have paid for it and once it's released I get it. It's a sort of "pay now and you get it when it's ready" shtick. Pre-purchasing the game (purchasing before it's released) means I get guaranteed access to all beta events from now until launch, and I get 3 days early access to the game when it does release on the market. When it's released, I don't have to pay any further money towards it, and the game itself has no subscription fee.

Some may see this method of purchase as foolish, but I ask you - how many times have you thrown money away? When you purchase something online and get it delivered to your door step, is that not some sort of pre-purchase as well, as you're giving them your money before you have the product? Not only that, but my pre-purchase was a digital copy, meaning as soon as it is released I have only to download it. It's 100% guaranteed that I will get what I paid for, and aside from waiting for the data to download there's no wait time for it, whereas when you purchase something online, you have to wait between 5-12 working days for your product to arrive, and there's a chance it may not arrive whatsoever. ...

See, BlueRaven88, I tried to make it clear that my criticism of the neologism "pre-purchase" was not directed at your use of this term, which has become commonplace. I am sorry that you seem not to have caught that part of my post.

And yes, I know what the neologism means. The point is that what it describes is not a purchase, which implies the transfer of a good for money. Thus, it is a ridiculous term invented by marketeers, and is an assault on the English language ... as are all such terms.

That doesn't change the fact that the process you describe is a good one, with many benefits for the purchaser. But you didn't "pre-purchase" the game. One cannot "pre"-purchase, only purchase, a good. You purchased a promise.

Okay, English class dismissed.

[ila]

Originally Posted by smc

...That doesn't change the fact that the process you describe is a good one, with many benefits for the purchaser. But you didn't "pre-purchase" the game. One cannot "pre"-purchase, only purchase, a good. You purchased a promise...

Exactly what I was referring to in my tongue-in-cheek posting. Like you, I wasn't referring to BlueRaven's use of the term as it has become so commonplace to incorrectly use pre.

[The Conquistador]

Anyone else waiting for Borderlands 2 to come out?

[franalexes]

Pre-purchasing means I have paid for it and once it's released

No. You paid in advance. The vendor didn't want to use that term because it sounds like he gets something while you get nothing; which is true.

Getting drilled is way ahead of getting screwed.

[cwjakesteel]

Well I just got Sniper Elite V2 for PC. The graphics are amazing...or maybe that's just my PC...

What's really been keeping me Busy is Travian and OGame.

[GRH]

Lately I've been buying the Wii's "Nintendo Select" series-- most recently bought the "Mario Super Sluggers" and "Mario Strikers Charged." I also just adore downloading old, nostalgic games from my childhood-- the other day I played a couple of hours in "Blaster Master." I haven't played that game in it seems like twenty-and-some-odd years.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by GRH

Lately I've been buying the Wii's "Nintendo Select" series-- most recently bought the "Mario Super Sluggers" and "Mario Strikers Charged." I also just adore downloading old, nostalgic games from my childhood-- the other day I played a couple of hours in "Blaster Master." I haven't played that game in it seems like twenty-and-some-odd years.

Go play Earthbound and Super Metroid.