My rule is to buy the cheap ones first, then if it breaks, I know to buy the better/best set. I've saved a ton cause there are plenty of tools I've only used like 3 times.
I mostly use it for liability reasons, but I did like that my GoPro's quality looked good enough to capture the views that I would pass.
What's the point in pre ordering if there are no physical copies to run out of? I'd rather know the experience is going to be good (and get it cheaper) by waiting than giving them money for something that isn't even done yet!
I've replayed terraria each time there was a major update, and I still cannot get enough of it. I hope you do another run, hopefully on a harder mode!
Reddit was nice because I could Google something like "best beginner DSLR camera" and I only got ai generated articles on the newest most expensive cameras, but I could search "best beginner DSLR camera reddit" and actually get good options.