[quote]I don't see how no one preordering games will fix any of the problems people attribute to preordering[/quote] If people stop pre-ordering games it will force the developer to make a more rewarding experience worth of the $60 price tag many games have. If people keep pre-ordering they are already giving money to the developer even when the game hasn't been completed, which leads to lazy development cycles and day one dlc. [quote]No one preorders movies and there's no end to profitable terrible movies.[/quote] There's a big difference there, Movies are a whole different medium, you see all these movies making huge marketing to attract the crowd, even then you pay at a theater to watch a movie and it comes complete, wether is good or bad that's another problem. Videogames on the other hand is a form of entertainment that needs to present itself in a whole different way than movies, it needs to show gameplay, story, graphics, mechanics, features and much more to attract the crowd, they cannot just throw some trailer and say "come and play it." They need to show the consumer what kind of game it is. Pre-ordering games take a benefit from not having to show much and yet deliver insane levels of hype (Ex. Destiny). In the end you payed for a product that wasn't finished or was made with laziness from the devs. [quote]Seems like people mostly preorder for convenience or are fans of a series. I'm sure plenty of people preorder because of marketing hype but... so?[/quote] Yes, but even those fans know how risky it is now. Gears of War judgement was pre-ordered a lot from both fans and other gamers, In the end it was a really bad spinoff that took all the good things about GoW and threw them in the air for grabs. In this current generation of games pre-ordering is damaging games, devs are throwing lazy ass excuses to cover them up (Watch dogs), cut content to do dlc (Destiny), Release unpolished games with plenty of bugs (Assassin's creed unity) and release games that lack content at an unfair price (Titanfall). [quote]How does someone else "wasting" money on a terrible game effect you patiently waiting and buying games after you've read reviews and made an educated decision?[/quote] It's hurting the gaming industry, if those people keep pre-ordering it means devs can just throw anything and call it a game because they already have their money, even coming to the point of cutting the game's content to release it later as day one dlc. [quote]Besides, doesn't overhyped garabage help fund riskier projects? Isn't that a good thing?[/quote] It doesn't