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Starfield has gone gold! Preloads begin tomorrow for Xbox X|S and Windows PC and August 30 for Steam (twitter.com)

submitted 1 year ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Imagine pre ordering a game in 2023.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know if I will preorder but I will buy Game Pass for a month to try it out. And I'm interested enough to try it out first day.

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah gamepass is totally fine. It's the thought of pre ordering that makes my brain hirt.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm with you on pre-ordering but GTA and Elder Scrolls games are my two exceptions. Not sure how I feel about Starfield, should be similar to an Elder Scrolls game since there is no online stuff to go wrong.

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 4 points 1 year ago

My whole hearted advice is to wait for reviews before ever buying a game. Therenis really absolutely zero reason to ever pre order. The pre order bonus skins or whatever are playing on your emotions. People need to resist!

[–] Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's gonna be on gamepass at launch??

[+] Grunt4300@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Looks like Gamepass gets to play Sep 6, so it isn't the "premium" edition that lets you play Sep 1. Oh well another 5 days won't kill me.

ETA: Microsoft continues to do dumb things with pricing. Standard edition is $70, Premium edition is $100. Yikes, but ok. However, they sell a Premium edition upgrade for $35. Why does Standard + Premium upgrade cost more than Premium?

[–] _waffle_@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Man, I really do not like the whole “pay more to play early” nonsense. I can wait the extra days but having to avoid the Internet will be annoying

[–] ChaoticGood007@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Likely they think that the upgrade is mainly (maybe exclusively) for people playing via game pass. The $5 more is because you didn't buy the game to start with. They did the same with FH5 when that launched I believe.

[–] YellowGas@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Haven't preordered a game in at least 15 years. I preordered this one. I want that juicy September 1st playtime. Haven't been this excited for a game since I don't know when.

[–] forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I hope I can finish BG3 before Starfield's release.