#3 A free “upgrade” to the so-called “Deluxe Edition”.
Games these days often come in two versions: Standard and Deluxe. You can buy both right off the bat upon the game’s release, and the publishers often hint that the Deluxe edition may be issued in limited form in spite of the fact that the whole shebang is digital and should thus be unlimited.
Whatever the case may be, if you don’t buy the game on day one, publishers will use the Deluxe Edition as an incentive for newcomers to pick the game up by putting it on sale at the same price as the regular version without actually lowering the price of the regular version of the game. It goes without saying (but I’m saying it anyway) that it can be difficult to pass up on such a fabulous opportunity to pay less for the deluxe edition of a game that others paid the full price for. Not only do you get to feel superior to anyone who bought the deluxe edition on day one, you also receive all the bonuses they felt entitled to because you were simply clever enough to wait it out.
Never mind the fact that you’ll never have time to play the game anyway.