Jimquisition
Previewed, Preordered, Prescrewed

Jim Sterling | 18 Feb 2013 17:00
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Preorder culture expects gamers to trust developers more than ever, but how does that work when they inspire so little faith?

The "take cash now, provide content later" tactic is currently serving companies well, but with recent disappointments like Aliens: Colonial Marines demonstrating how falsely advertised a game can be, one suspects it's a plan that cannot last. It certainly shouldn't be allowed to go on.

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Jim Sterling is the reviews editor for Destructoid.com and a game media gun-for-hire who appears regularly at GamePro, GameFront, GamesRadar and pretty much everywhere else. He has a tendency of making the Internet very angry at him, but he's alright sometimes.