I think the true incentive was the steelbook, which is really quite nice. I layed down my $5 (which really, is not a lot of money so this entire article is useless) immediately to get it. To say that they are not making an informed decision is wrong, because the people excited for this have played the last installments, so they will get this one anyway. Whats so wrong about putting $5 on it now to get a cool steelbook? I work at GameStop (I know, I know), and I didn't even have to put in any effort to get 20 people to pre-order AC3 because they say the steelbook and liked it. Now I agree with the abundance of pre-order bonus' for games that sometimes spread across 5 different stores with different items. That I don't like, but to say that we are not making an informed decision to pre-order something that has 4 (6 if you count the handheld games), previous games is ridiculous. The $5 is going towards the game you are going to buy anyway, so why not get an awesome steelbook to boot?
I don't understand this notion that people need to play these handhelds on the go. I see some comments about people not buying it because they have no time to play while they are out, and it just makes me wonder why these people think that they can't play at home? Its rare that I would take my 3DS out of my house (the exception is if I'm meeting up with someone else that has one), and I play most of those games in the comfort of my home. When I get the Vita, you bet your butt I'm going to pop Uncharted in a lounge on my couch to play. Not go sit on the bus and play. Handhelds have games you can't play on consoles (and vice versa), so it doesn't matter that you can't play outside. Play inside, because you're not going to get a different experience.
I think they really do try to make the PS3 looks worse. I have all of these games and it does not look that bad... Especially Dead Space. There is no lines on the screen like it shows... I even have some of these games on 360.
Ultrabeatdown55's comments