I've noticed alot of people who keep saying things like "I'm cancelling my pre-order" and things of that nature. Now maybe the game didn't live up to your expectations and that I can understand. It's the people who cancel their pre-order but say "I'll still buy the game" that I don't get...

Why cancel the pre-order if you're still buying the game? Pre-ordering costs NO extra money. You're still spending the same amount, but you're getting more stuff. Put $5 down and then pay off the rest of the game = Pre-oreder. What's the purpose? Is it like some kind of insult to say "I'm not pre-ordering but I'll sure as hell buy it anyway."

I'm not just talking about Skyrim either. People do this all the time, whenever a new game comes out. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

o.O? I havnt seen anyone suggesting it and being serious at the same time, and even then rarely.

I've seen it multiple times in this week alone >.<

Whats there reasoning for cancelling?

That's always the problem with forums and people taking things literally.

In my opinion they are just crying out for attention and or extremely bored and or are looking to get people riled up.

If for whatever reason i had decided to cancel my pre-order (which I have no intention of doing), I certainly wouldn't feel the need to come here and let everyone know about it.

Because we all know what that thread is just going to look like and it always ends in Locked.

some people tend to think the money isnt worth it at this moment and probably buy it when it comes down in price. i do that sometimes, but with skyrim im not gonna wait, the hell with that.
but i do think coming on the forums and rambling about it seems abit stupid, and also seeking out attention.

I only see people joking around and a few trying to sound big. I doubt hardly anyone is serious. Maybe a couple have.

Hey if I pre ordered Skyrim for console I would cancel it too :lmao:

:rofl:

Well being a master at fluently speaking sarcasm I can honestly say that I detected none. There are people that are completely serious about this kind of stuff. Nobody ever said they were smart.

You realize that the majority of Bethesda's fanbase is on the 360 right?

lol

No one's cancelling their pre-order. The phrase "I'm cancelling my pre-order" is a supposed to be a parody of those who overreact over stupidly small things.

Example:

SKYRIM GOT A 9.9 OUT OF 10? I'm cancelling my pre-order!


It's a joke as far as I know.

Things like that are obvious and easy to pick up on. I can tell when people are joking lol. When people are joking the first sign is CAPS LOCK XD

The majority of all games period is on consoles, Battlefield 3 is about the only recent game I know of that gave PC players something console players do not and cannot have. That would be 64 players

For Skyrim it is mods

On these forums? It's a joke.

On imageboards? Take it with a grain of salt. It's either a sarcastic comment, a pirate trying to justify their piracy in some way, or someone who was grasping at straws to shove his baseless hate towards it.

No bananas.

Are you even trying, Bethfailsda!??!

It's not always a joke though. There are people who get so upset over small details that they do things like that. I've seen it in real life.

Guarantee you most of them are just full of it. The others will be back. No big deal.

Those are the people that grasp at straws. They've already settled on their hatred of it with their pre-defined "rules."

The most usual name for such are "Morrowind [censored]."

Its called getting trolled, dude

You missed that one didn't you. See this is proof positive that people take things literally, and fail to see sarcasm.

at least half of those people saying they're cancelling their pre-orders are joking, iff not all of them.

Those few who are legitimately saying that they're cancelling their pre-order but still buying the game likely mean that they'll wait a few months to a year for the price to go down to get it at a discounted price. Which, in my opinion is silly as so far elder scrolls games seem to follow a trend that their price drops very slowly, I think oblivion's only dropped by maybe 20$ in the last 4 years, you have to ask yourself would rather save 20$ or have the game 4 years earlier?

A few others also saying the same thing as above, buying the game after release, are worried about bugs. Now sure, this is a valid worry, but Bethesda has repeatedly said how they're working hard to remove bugs, and that Skyrim isn't supposed to be very buggy at release. On top of that, Bethesda is usually pretty good at releasing patches. The people with these fears will wait a few weeks to a month, still pay full price for the game, and yet get a version without many bigs in it. It's sound logic, bhut personally i'd rather deal with a few minor bugs, just have to remember to save a lot and in lots of different slots for the first few weeks.

I know how the internet works lol. Twas long ago when I was a young child who did not know of things such as trolling or haters.
As I've said, some people are completely serious. Their mind is set that they will hate the game so they do things like that. Then they end up playing it and being all, "Oh god it's so cool! Wish I didn't cancel my pre-order!'

Again, seen it happen before my very eyes.

Games go down in price as time passes. I paid 50$ for Shogun 2 when it first came out. A few months later I bought it for my friend for only 30$.

Ok, let me rephrase!

I know that 90% of the people are joking. Never in my post did I say that the majority of people were doing this. There's a small number of people doing it, but it bothers me nonetheless. Seems stupid to still pay full price, but not get bonus stuff. Also, I stated that I wan't only refering to Skyrim, but other games as well. It's not just a forum inside joke. People do this.