I haven't pre-ordered a game since the original Assassin's Creed back in 07....

I find that most games have a price drop within the first two weeks on Amazon. Or if it's a shorter game that doesn't have a lot of replayability I'll gamefly it or borrow from a friend. I'm cheap....

Dead Space (X360)
Aliens Colonial Marines Collectors Edition (X360)
Aliens colonial Marines Limited Edition (WiiU)
Luigi's Mansion (3DS)
Lego City (WiiU)
Pikmin 3 (WiiU)
Rayman Legends (WiiU)

Most games announced on the Nintendo Direct will be pre-ordered as soon as possible.

That's a rather uneducated article.

First of all, not every retailer demand 5$ for a pre-order. If anything here in Canada every pre-order are 5$ off or 10$-20$ in-store credit if you're part of the Reward Zone (which is free and really easy to adhere) at Best Buy.

Second, there are so many pre-order deals out there. I currently have games like God of War: Ascension, Grand Theft Auto V, The Last Of Us, Beyond: Two Souls, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, etc. pre-ordered for 30$....I have Luigi's Mansion pre-ordered for 15$. I had The Walking Dead on PS3 pre-ordered for 5$ at Best Buy.

You can save massive amount of money by pre-ordering. Every gamer here should learn to make to most of their money because the secret lies in pre-ordering. That is if you really want a game day one.

The Last of Us for PS3 and Bioshock Infinite for PC. Maybe something i forgot and it will arrive anytime lol

I decided to buy only very few games at release from now on (or already the last half year or so) because i see no reason to pay that much when i can get the games few weeks later for much less but i got both very cheap with a bonus code and some other discounts and The Last of Us has to be mine day one. Other games i will still buy day one are games i buy for multiplayer and maybe Gears Judgement for co-op.

And you can always cancel a pre-order at no cost. Buy now, think later.

I've never put down a deposit for a pre-order.

In fact I got 10% off most of my pre-orders so for me it made sense to pre-order.

I only do preorders that demand no prepayment. Almost guaranteed to get a copy on release day and can be canceled or ignored with no downside whatsoever. Any retailer who is demanding a prepayment is ripping you off.

Except it wasn't chocolate milk and I didn't mean to...

It was water and boy was I mad it when it happened. (My MacBook is working again, anyway.)

I got 3 A's on my Semester Grade. That equals 30 dollars. That'll be going towards Animal Crossing.

Pandora's tower

Tomb Raider Survival Edition
Gears of War Judgment
The Last of Us Pandemic Edition
BioShock Infinite Song Bird Edition