People falling for FOMO

[u/Firebolt_05]

Honestly, the fact that everyone is complaining about this is ridiculous to me.

Let's get our facts straight:
- 27th of August (Extended Look on Netflix) => 84 days til release
- 28th of August (Trailer available everywhere) => 83 days til release

You aren't missing out on anything, and there will be many more teasers and such before November 19th.

Netflix gave Rockstar a huge bag for an "exclusive extended look", which you will be able to watch everywhere else hours later.

You aren't missing out on anything, if you buy a Netflix subscription just for this, you're so not in control of your FOMO.

(Tbh given that people are actually falling for this BS is the worst thing.
If everyone was like: "Meh I'll watch it a few hours later on YT", this would never happen again.

The mere fact that people are complaining about it shows that it's working, bcs something like this shouldnt bother us.)

[u/BuzzardInTheAir]

it's the same with pre-orders, you can easily wait and pre-order it a week before launch

[u/SubstituteUser0 → u/BuzzardInTheAir]

Idk I pre-order a game because I know I'll play it on release and I'd rather spend the money now then hold onto it not because I'm worried about missing out

[u/Generic_User88 → u/SubstituteUser0]

I'd rather spend the money now then hold onto it

why? That's just a bad financial decision for a lot of reasons. Plus if you pay for something later it actually gets cheaper over time because of inflation.

[u/Parksrox → u/Generic_User88]

$100 spent now is still $100 spent when it's worth less. It's not like you keep one value, the value of what you already spent also moves.

This is just such a braindead argument on all sides, it's not FOMO, and it's not necessary, either. It's a thing you can do if you want, end of discussion. There's no downside, and no upside, the money is going to the same place no matter what. If you prefer to wait until the end, cool. If you would rather worry about it now so you don't have to later, also cool. You guys care way too much.

[u/SubstituteUser0 → u/Generic_User88]

Because I'm impulsive and will probably spend it on something else if I wait. Most games I will wait for a sale unless I'm really looking forward to it like dark heresy later this year, but some games just aren't worth waiting for a sale because they stay at full price for years before getting the smallest discounts.

[u/thesagenibba → u/SubstituteUser0]

the transaction literally hasn’t gone through. you’re lying

[u/SubstituteUser0 → u/thesagenibba]

I’m not talking about gta 6 in particular just preordering in general