At the end of the day, a lot of us are unsatisfied with AAA titles upon release more often than not. I personally am enjoying BFV and I’m happy with the $60 I spent as I’ve gotten much more than 60 hrs from this game. In fact, I’m almost at 200hrs by now. BUT, the discussion that has evolved towards the end of this post is one that can be broadened to a lot of AAA titles. Poor content, bugged gameplay, connection issues, basically an unfinished or barely playable game right out the gate, not worth the $$ we paid. One thing we all have in common is we blame the Devs for these half releases. But the truth is, WE are to blame. Gamers. We cry and cry and cry over all the problems that come with game releases, yet we all go out and pre-order games en masse everytie the “next big thing” is announced. Or purchase day of release because we don’t want to be left out since our friends all pre-ordered. Better to waste money on a broken game than be left out right? If the bulk of gamers would just WAIT a couple of weeks after release to make purchasing decisions, it would change the industry so much in our favor. There are endless YouTubers who run out and put up videos within hours of a games release. Why are we not using these videos as product review BEFORE making a purchase? Everyone always wants the newest thing out there and we buy into the hype, and buildup false hopes based on pre-release marketing promises of what a game is going to be. Only to be disappointed time and again across the board. What we should be doing is waiting until AFTER release and doing a bit of homework to make sure we will get our money’s worth before forking over our $$$. If the bulk of gamers did this, then devs would be forced to make sure their game was REALLY ready for release before doing so. Because if they kept doing what we are seeing now, people would get past the hype and see the reality of a game BEFORE they bought it, which would result in less sales if the game is not really solid upon release. It’s all the pre-order/day of release purchases that allow Devs to pump out less than complete games that we end up paying to Beta test for months or years. Stop buying into hype and pre-ordering or even just purchasing games before you KNOW if it is a solid title or not. Let the Devs PROVE to you the game is worth your money, instead of giving up your cash on faith and becoming one more paying beta tester!!! Stop following your friends down the rabbit hole of pre-ordering crappy AAA releases. Or don’t. Keep financing beta releases if you want. But quit complaining about how you got ripped off or how unhappy you are with the game. Because by now, based on AAA release trends over the last few YEARS, you can’t be too surprised when a game that you pre-ordered does not live up to the hype you built around it. Hopefully you end up happy with the game a year from now after 82 patches and updates, and countless tears, endless whining, and embarrassing ranting that no one really cares to hear. HOPEFULLY. BTW, when I say we, yes that includes me. I have been just as guilty of this as anyone else. But I know my pre-order is no different than putting that $60 on black at the roulette table. If the game fails to live up to my expectations, I acknowledge it’s my own fault for being an enabler to the company that produced such junk by pre-ording instead of waiting for confirmation of exactly what I’m buying.