I used to pre-order everything until a couple years ago, this was the time companies started to get greedy and lazy. The first thing is companies will release marketing campaigns to show a game for a console system (which is running on a high end pc spec) to build hype. They then place embargo's on game reviews till the day of release so the negative press doesn't hurt their pre-order and first day sales numbers. As a consumer the only information you have on the game is from the marketing teams well dressed and rehearsed game trailers, once released it was evident that some companies were pressured to release a buggy game due to the publisher wanting money now. Some games even had to have the game re coded and content you thought you were going to see/play was taken out entirely. In the past 2 years, there is maybe 2 or 3 AAA title games that were good releases. The rest were over hyped and rushed products which can be seen from meta critic scores and reviews once the embargos were lifted. I believe in this day and age, companies need to earn that respect from their consumers. Believing that a game company is trust worthy so you can throw money at them regardless of the quality of the product is insane, companies will just keep doing this practice of forcing developers to rush products out to get that money from people who buy the brand and not the quality.