When it offers you little to nothing compared to buying the product once it is reviewed and known, it is actually fairly stupid.Putting money down on a unknown product is not stupid. It's just taking a risk. It's up to each person to decide if the risk is worth it or not.
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Rather agree with the videos TotalBiscuit has made on Pre-orders and Early access. There is no reason to give that power to the developers, and no gain in it for us as gamers.
And @Blackwulf regarding David, I don't suspect much knowledge from you of how SOE and Ponytail has handled Landmark as none of you ever venture outside of this thread for some reason. Guess not paid for it huh? (I keeed, I keeed)
I was one of the first to comment on how sleazy he looked during the SOE Live event last year. However, the way his team and SOE has handled Landmark has been stellar.