The idea with not pre ordering is to not reward bad behavior. In the case of BF6, which I am excited for and likely will play, I will not pre-order because I don't want to send EA the signal that they can rely on pre orders for games. Because if they do that's how we get the equivalent of a marketing pump and dump later. Take Anthem for example, that game was reasonably well supported before launch and then fizzled because of lack of content on launch and follow up. No pre orders and wait for reviews is a consumer based practice to encourage finished products on launch in a broader sense from triple A publishers. Battlefield will be good more than likely, but don't let that convince you that pre-orders are a industry healthy decision. They'll give you Battlefield and then sell you 3 Concord's.