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To be fair, they did say you can buy it discounted if you wait. To me, as far as the original question goes, pre-ordering the game or buying a marked up "deluxe" version isn't worth it when you can get it a year later for 50% or more off. If you're willing to wait a few years, you can easily get them often 80% off or more, and they're often less buggy because they've been patched already. Dark Souls 3 has already gone on sale for 50% off a few times, as has Return of the Obra Dinn(never heard of this, btw), and Baldur's Gate 3 has already gone on sale for 10% off despite having been released August 3rd.
I don't know how my brain skipped over that part, but you're totally correct!
Well, to add to the OP then, don't buy always-online games either.
I love Hitman, but fuck IOI for their business model, honestly. They don't even say they're going to patch the games to fully work offline in the future, so I don't expect that to happen.