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If you keep giving them money at or around the time it comes out (or before, but I don't think they do preorders), then they will never stop doing this.
This has nothing to do with pre-ordering. I don't pre-order and I usually can't afford to get things right when they come out, unless they release on sale. They keep doing this because: 1. Dumb fucks buying it when they already have the og edition because of FOMO on the few things that were added. 2. People that hadn't bought the game yet so they buy the newer "definitive" edition.
Most other games that end up with a GOTY edition usually include all the content that was originally dlc, and can be "upgraded" to, usually for less than all of it did originally. And you don't have to redo achievements.
The thing with DQ is that there is no dlc. They just add some collectible or a couple of quests to flesh out where a character disappeared to or something. It's not enough content to even qualify as possible dlc. And there's no "upgrade" pricing.
So the only way to "stop this" is to do what I've already been doing— not buying it twice. But that doesn't actually stop them.
I specifically noted that I did not think they did preorders. Secondly, you could also not buy it when it first comes out, which is what I was getting at. If you know they are going to do this, either wait to buy the "full version" or buy it later on sale or not at all. Basically, buying it when it comes out is still telling the company that, even for an incomplete product, you're still willing to shell out full price for it.
They don't always do definitive editions, so should I just wait forever and never get it? Also, waiting and getting the definitive edition still tells them it sells. They don't see why, they just see it selling. And if everyone just waits for the definitive edition, not buying the OG, they just view that as people not being interested in the game at all, so they quit making anything.
Edit: And I specifically mentioned pre-ordering because your thought process is the same as when it comes to pre-orders: if you don't pre-order they'll stop releasing unfinished garbage. That does not work here.
This is not a binary. "If they do not release a definitive edition, I can never buy it" is not a true statement. Show the company that you're not going to get it right away and convince others to do the same.
I have never seen this happen with a popular IP. People complaining on social media would also probably be a decent enough way for someone at the company to know as around release, companies will definitely be checking.