For me it’s about trust. So far I have not been disappointed by anything I bought from OT and all I bought on pre-order turned out as expected.
The teasers give a clear indication on what the release will be and the detailed articulation pdfs including round robbin info is spot on.
If one day this formula will change I might have to reconsider. But for now they have my trust.
All respect to the teasers - they're beautiful and intriguing. But very, very far a clear depiction of what the library will be.
The walkthoughs on the other had, are much more comprehensive and informative.
OT is perfectly entitled to market a product how they want.
Absolutely. And from the OT FAQ:
https://www.helpdesk.orchestraltools.com/hd_sales_and_discounts.html
" reward bravery when purchasing a recently released collection, we always have Introductory Pricing for all new collections. From time to time we will have special deals on specific collections or lines, often as some sort of "Theme".
Sometimes, we will also have Pre-Order Pricing in effect until a new collection is released. This serves as an additional thank you for users that trust us to deliver a great product on time."
We have it perfectly transparently stated that this preorder discount is explicitly rewarding punters willing to trust the company and buy a product based only on the pre-release marketing - ie. without a single user review. Insist on waiting for even a single user review, and it will cost you another 50 euros or so.
Nothing wrong with that marketing strategy, OT is surely entitled to approach marketing like this, and OT is surely also among the most trustworthy sample companies there is. Still, these Time libraries are inherently risky, just because anything innovative inherently and necessarily involves risk.
So this kind of 'luck dip' marketing is totally something that OT is free to do, but also we're equally free to dislike.
And OT ever does put out a genuinely bad library (though I wouldn't hold your breath for that), I predate we'll be hearing a lot more about how much people dislike 'lucky dip' style market. (Seriously, though don't hold your breath for a genuinely bad OT library, that sounds dangerous).