Soooo....Mass Effect 3

[Lissa]

My question is this, given what you've seen in the demo, minus Ashley (:p), have you changed your opinion on whether you'll pick it up immediately or wait still?

There's never any reason to pick up a single player game when it is released. "But it has multiplayer!" Which I'll likely never bother with.

$60 on release day vs $20-$25 four months from now. It's not rocket science. Extra bonus if I want to wait for all the inevitable expensive DLC to be released for a complete play experience, and even more bonus if I wait for some "super edition" to come out with all the DLC bundled.

Made the same argument when Dragon Age II was released. People don't like being told they're making poor decisions, though, and get pretty angry. Then the game sucks, and they get more angry when I swoop in and say "I told you so" after they wasted $60 just to play it on release day. Someday I'll pick up Dragon Age II for $10, and I won't be angry if the game isn't everything I expected/wanted it to be after DA1. Because it's $10.

I learned 10 years ago never to pre-order games. There's simply no rational reason to do so, and the modern game industry is so quick to discount games after release now. The release-day price is for suckers and people who can't control their impulses.

Angry yet?

Not at all. Because I don't buy a game on release day for its normal edition. I rather like the little things that they add to the collector's editions and looking through what you get with the collector's edition here, I don't mind the extra money. I agree with your assessment if you're plan is only to get the normal edition of the game, but if you're looking for some of the things that come with the collector's edition, it's worth it to me to get the game on release day.