There was a time when pre-sales came with a special box that included a physical map or a mouse pad or some other bit of game merch. I don't think that's true

There was a time when pre-sales came with a special box that included a physical map or a mouse pad or some other bit of game merch. I don't think that's true anymore, though. Though I think there have been some games that let you start playing two or three days earlier.