I really wish there was a better way to get preorders.
As someone who is a huge physical media fighter, it always hurts me when someone comes in asking for a game and we don’t have it in stock and the following response is “oh, okay, I’ll just get it digitally then, thanks!” And then they leave. I really hate this push for digital that many companies and games are doing, like offering it only digitally or only making physical limited run.
But, what hurts even more are the big games, this year it was crimson desert, pokopia, Resident evil, and now tamodachi life. We barely got any preorders of these games, even when offering my pitches. It’s always “oh I’ll just get it when it comes out”.
Customers shouldn’t be forced to give us the 5 dollars for a preorder on something they’re not 100% sure they want, but it’s unfortunate that this right now is our only choice..
I’m not here to offer a solution. I’m just tired of us not getting enough copies cause no one wants to preorder and when they come in and realize they don’t have it, they go to option 2 and just buying the game digitally.