Yep, OP is probably a "conservative" devoid of critical thinking skils and abhorrent to challenging authority. 'cause Jesus says so! In all seriousness, while he makes a good point about these games having long been in development.... the cynicism displayed in the post is a big part of the problem. Bungie, and more importantly Activi$ion, will definitely take notice if pre-orders decline sharply from the original game and if the game fails to meet expected sales predictions. That's the only real way to get through to companies like them anymore. Some devs still actually care and listen to user input and try to accomodate (Square-Enix, Blizzard & to a lesser extent Epic to name a few) but in cases like this where we've clearly been ripped off, it's important to let the devs know they done goofed. How else will things change? They're a business first and formost, which means they need us not the other way around. That's why I'm encouraging everyone I talk to to at least wait until the gameplay previews to pre-order. I think pre-ordering as a whole should probably be nixed as it has only helped to fuel the tide of poor quality, unfinished products being rushed out to market since by doing so you're basically handing over your money for an incomplete item, with the only legal obligation on the part of the developer to get it to market - the quality of said product is entirely subject. Looking back I'm actually kinda surprised no one claimed false advertisement.