Is Ace Combat 8 (Deluxe) worth pre-ordering for ¥11,990?

Nope

I can tell you Ace 7 goes on sale for like $6 all the time. Check isthereanydeal.com

This is on PC of course.

I don’t think anyone can give you an answer yet since the game has not officially released so no one has played to say whether it’s a good game or not, let alone if it’s worth the price they want.

No game is ever worth preordering.

Game isn't out yet, so how do we judge if the game is worth the price? Also never pre-order any game, especially if its digital. Why not wait until launch? Then you can watch reviews or read opinions and then decide if the game might be worth it? Also on Steam you can play the game up to 2 hours and have a time frame of 2 weeks to refund, if you don't like the game (just don't refund too often like that, as they don't want you to abuse the service).

This is the correct answer

in general, don’t pre-order stuff. wait till it’s out and then judge wether you think it’s worth it.

especially a digital game. pre-ordering a physical product can make sense if you’re afraid it’s gonna be out of stock, that’s not a concern with digital games. please don’t pre-order.

It's $89.99 in the US for the Deluxe Edition. Which seems normal for a game and season pass bundle.

Also keep in mind the preorder comes with the PC remake of Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War. One of the three best AC games, only playable on PS2 or emulators, with mixed results. So basically you get two Ace Combat games for the price of one by preordering. It does not need to be the Deluxe version, just a preorder in general.

This preorder includes the new PC remake for Ace Combat Zero for free.

The only scenario where I would consider it a positive value. A free game I would normally purchase anyway.

Is it a free game if the pre-order is more expensive?

We don't know yet if it will be sold separately. AC7 pre-order included AC5 (on Playstation) or AC6 (on Xbox), which were never made available separately.

Pre-ordering digitally available games only helps publishers with their financial forecasting. The best case pre-order scenario for a consumer is "early access" by a few days, but that isn't benefiting the user as they run without day-1 patches and the whole concept isn't meant to help pre-order players just penalize non-pre-order players.

In general, pre order hardware and not software, but if you're excited for the game though then go for it

You get AC0 even if you pre-order AC8's base edition at 70 USD. Per Namco's marketing.