Why Not to Support the Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Pre-Order Scheme

BNR: If you’re a fan of Deus Ex, I have some great news: there’s now a release date for the hotly anticipated Deus Ex: Mankind Divided– the game is set to be released on February 23, 2016 for the Xbox One, Playstation 4 and PC. Interestingly enough, they also announced some absurd pre-order DLC scheme that’s detailed in the video embedded below.

Look at the nonsense. I never asked for this. What are these, stretch goals for pre-orders? This is a AAA game from Square Enix, not a tiny indie game on Kickstarter. If at the time you’re reading this article the video is gone, what you should know is that it lays out a pre-order scheme called “Augment Your Pre-Order” which calls upon people to pre-order the game and get rewards in the form of DLC.

[DarkOcelet]

WTF is this? Nobody asked for this crap.

First MGSV microtransaction crap and now this! Stop ruining our damn games!

[scark92]

"I never asked for this"

[ArchangelMike]

Yeah, I've let their comments know how I feel about the "incentive".

I'd advise everyone else to do the same.

[ThePope]

Let them charge more for games and this stuff will end. It's a company trying to make money! This isn't charity. They have every right to make as much money as possible to support and feed their employees who make these amazing games.

#gamersarecheapcrybabies

[alvgamin4lif]

Here's the thing, does higher price equals to more money in the devs pocket (the people who make these amazing games) or those this mean more money for the guys in black suits?

#talkingwithoutunderstanding

[ThePope]

Really? Yes if they charge more all companies involved will 100% sees Some of the profits. The developers don't get all the money now so of course they wouldn't get all of it if the prices were higher.

Clearly I need to talk slower for you. Game prices have been the same since 2005. That means for 10 years developers and publishers have been splitting that pie. But with inflation the amount they are splitting gets smaller every year while games get bigger and more costly. So if we make the pie bigger everyone gets more.

#gostareatatreeorsomethingyou regoodat

[alvgamin4lif]

Oh and are they still eating the same sized pie?

#shouldIplantatreeforyouto
stareat

[christheredhead]

I hate this pre order scheme. What makes it worse, if I decided to go pick up the game on day 1 or even day 2, I get nothing since I didn't pre order.

Huge Deus Ex fan, but may wait on this to see how it plays out and just pick up the ultimate edition later in the year. We'll probably start hearing about DLC or a season pass or something like that soon. Wouldn't be surprised.

[Der_Kommandant]

This is like a kickstarter for pre-orders, this is out of control.

[N0TaB0T]

"Effort" isn't in anyone's quota anymore, it seems.

What a wasted generation.

[crazychris4124]

They better reverse course immediately. Just look at the linked video below. 55k+ views, 17k+ dislikes and only 220 likes. They are trending on twitter (not in a good way) and people are going crazy on other social media like forums and Youtube. Plus what are the sales targets for each tier?? They could say we never hit tier 5 even if 10 million people pre ordered. This is like Evolve all over again. Good game made by a talented team only to get screwed over by the publisher. If the game fails, guess who gets fired first?? Yea the people who made the game not the idiots who thought of this 'great' PR strategy.

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[pandehz]

This is actually not bad. Pre-order or not, its an option, But with all the tier bonuses its actually quite a fun thing.

Remember, these are pure extras which prolly wont affect the game majorly. But a 4 days early unlock, dayuum.

I totally disagree with the author of this article.

[franwex]

I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic or not...
But yeah, they are extras; and probably won't affect the game...and it'll all probably be available for free later

But the simple fact that they composed of such scheme is a little villainous; don't you think?

[pandehz]

I dont think its villainous, its a fun system. You dont lose anything. They are not cutting out a chunk of the game and giving it to you FOR PREORDER.

Pre-orders wont go away. Its business, they have to provide guarantees to their investors for other games and such. Its not great or bad.

Pre-ordering concept itself is kinda well shite, but if I have to tolerate it, then this is just another type of pre-order, i get to choose rather than be stuck with amazon specific, or steam specific or gamestop bonuses.

In the end its a very grey area.

[franwex]

Wow...just wow....It's actually kinda comical. Like an SNL sketch.

[EDKICK]

Hopefully this stupid pre-order nonsense won't overshadow how good this game could be. Square has to be very aware of the position they are in. Unless they want this to turn into a full fledged Arkham Knight or Evovle they either have to get rid of this or just shut up until release cause if in a month or two they announce a season pass or something the internet will pretty much forever hate this game and sales and reviews of the game will suffer. In theory I don't mind publishers looking at different business models but this is stupid. How about asking people what they want. Look at Witcher III or Dying Light for DLC look at Fallout 4 if you want to see what you should do in the months before your game releases. All you have to do is look at examples to see what your should do . Publishers have walked down this path and got shot down, why follow them?