Darwin award of the year.

What some people may not realise is that it isn't unbelievable that digital sales could be halted or suspended temporarily. Square Enix had to suspend sales of Final Fantasy XIV in 2021 when Endwalker released, as their servers simply could not handle the influx of new players. That said, this is the only time I recall this happening, but if all the planets align and Punxatawny Phil sees his shadow and hell falls to a balmy 32 degrees celcius, then he might - JUST MIGHT - pull a profit.

It could be 2 things neither of which will affect me in any way.

neither a scalper nor a troll. no part of this story makes sense as already pointed out.

This is stupid.  Pre-orders are 100% refundable.