Pre-ordering video games used to have a specific purpose: Make sure you get a physical copy of a game before it sells out. Today, we have infinite digital distribution. So asking customers to pay upfront for a game is wildly unattractive.

Pre-ordering video games used to have a specific purpose: Make sure you get a physical copy of a game before it sells out. Today, we have infinite digital distribution. So asking customers to pay upfront for a game is wildly unattractive. https://cultureofgaming.com/the-decline-of-pre-order-culture/

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Not necessarily, games often offer exclusive skins, items, or collector's editions for preordering.

Yes but those couldn’t those be offered with a pricier digital package without the need to ‘pre-order’.  I think the point still remains, there is really only downside risk on the consumer side in pre-ordering a game prior to release.