Not everyone lives in a small town where they are ''guaranteed'' a copy?

Well the store i pre ordered from included a Skyrim T-shirt so i got something cool with the pre order.

Hmm i guess my situation is that until i get into that situation where they are running out i truly wont understand.

I pre-ordered for a number of reasons, which are as follows:

1. Only ￡27 on Amazon UK.
2. Pre-order map.
3. Quick delivery.
4. No waiting in long queues, in the cold, rain, or both.
5. Want to play the game on release.
6. Wanted something to look forward to.

Could think of more, but those are the main ones.

I live in a cave, just outside of Where The Hell Is That. It's a 2 day ride, on horseback, to the nearest Wal-Mart. It's a 3 day ride to the nearest Gamestop.

I preorder because it comes to my door entrance. That order is made over the net, through Wal-Mart. The pricing is the same, and it's still the SAME game. No matter who the middleman is.

If something is wrong with it. I only have 4 day round trip ahead of me, instead of 6.

I pre-ordered the hard copy of the pc version. Because i am saving up for another 360 and the 360 version of skyrim so i can have the best of both worlds so to speak.

I only pre-order games that have incentives. For Skyrim there was an incentive to pre-order, the premium map. Also at my gamestop I go extra for trading in games, towards Skyrim, and I get double rewards points for paying it off early, which I can use towards a coupon for another game.

The incentive to pre-order Skyrim was a good deal, I can not pass up good deals.

Unless I'm mistaken, stores aren't getting 2 shipments, so if you go in at midnight/1AM, I'm guessing you'll get the pre-order map as well.

From Amazon, I get the lowest price of the game from the time I pre-ordered to the release day, which was 54.99. Then, I get a $10 promotional credit on my next video game. THEN I get free Release day delivery. Also, no tax.

In all, its worth it for me.

I pre odered mine almost 6 months ago, knowing that it was going to be h**l getting a copy on release day without stores being sold out. Just paid it off with trade ins yesterday. Wasn't going to take a chance and not get it on 11-11-11...........

My Xbox pre-order came today. A full day before release. Got a phone call from my girlfriend to say its arrived but am stuck a work till 5.30

To be guaranteed a copy. The paranoia of not having it on the releaseday gets the best of me, that's why.

In Denmark you also get a guidebook when pre-ordering

i pay for my games a little at a time, i also choose which games get my money and which games i wait and give gamestop my money for. also preordering shows the people who made the game the level of commitment their fan base has for the product in question. which is a good thing for gaming companies.

Except for some pre-order boni, there's usually no real reason to pre-order as if the game was sold out first day. (Actually, that happened to me with one game: Deadly Premonition, already no copy left on day of release.^^)

But sometimes you get special offers, that's when it's worth it. For instance, I get Skyrim for ten bucks less. I got the official sony ps3 headset for free with my pre-oder of Uncharted 3 ect. That's when I pre-order.

I pre-ordered so Beth would get my money sooner and start working on VI.

Because I was trading in my handhelds and all of their games in at Best Buy and the guy asked me if I wanted to pre order a game so I thought "Why not?"

In this case, I only pre-ordered my physical PC copy because I had a $20 Amex rebate card lying around that I needed to use up.

In other cases, I might pre-order a game that either has an interesting bonus, or one that's pretty "niche" and I'm not counting on the shelves being full of copies.


But in general, for most wide-release games? Don't bother. If the Gamestop, Best Buy, and Target nearby don't have a copy, there's another several of each within easy driving distance.

(Also, since Gamestop doesn't just generally stock PC games, if I want to get a PC version from them, I kind of need to give them a pre-order so they know to get it. Not that I necessarily always want/need to use Gamestop.)

I pre ordered so i could get collectors edtition and the 600 page guide . I even got a free skyrim poster with me too.

And everything exept the game was free
Nuff said

Because I got it for 45 dollars, and free shipping from newegg

I preordered to get it delivered on release day.

Toys R Us usually has that deal over here, I dont see anything in their advertising concerning Skyrim at all. Its pissing me off, I never buy a strategy guide, I always get them free.

Thanx for the heads up. i upgraded my free slow shipping to Release-Date Delivery for 99 cents too! I hope I get it tomorrow!

I pre-ordered because I wanted the CE. And it's at gamestop right now, waiting for me.