Quote Originally Posted by Bonbori View Post
They are. The normalisation of FOMO does not ethically validate it.

As far as I'm concerned, any incentives that prey on people's impatience/fear of missing out are a glaring indication that the publisher does not trust the product to sell on its own merits. If I worked on that product, I would find it a bit insulting, personally.
Or, hear me out, it's a bonus to those who have been playing the game. Chances are, the Preorder item isn't swaying you to continue playing xiv. Most people who are playing will end up getting the next expansion, so there isn't a reason not to Preorder.

They could just take them out of pre-orders and send them to everyone who's subbed in the 3 months before a launch, but people would complain about that too.

Preorder bonuses are more standard, so that's the method used.