Why would anyone pre order nowadays anyway? Especially after colonial marines, watch dogs, and ac unity? It seems waaay stupid anymore.
If you trust the dev and acknowledge the risk to get it ASAP, it's fine. You just have to exercise common sense.
I see no problem preordering games like Bayonetta 2 and Smash on Wiiu because nintendo doesn't release broken games. I also preorder anything SMT related. But you won't see me buying a ubisoft title anytime soon
If the developer has a good track record then I don't see an issue with pre-ordering.
I only pre order things from devs that I trust. The only things that I pre ordered recently were PQ and Ultimax because I knew I would play them.
Also because Nintendo titles don't drop in price, because they only produce so much of a product.
All of these are reasons I wanted to say. I currently plan on preordering Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, Bloodborne, and DMC4 SE. At least for the first half of 2015. I also have htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary CE already preordered. It's also nice since Best Buy gives me release day shipping for free because the Gamer's Club Unlocked bonus thing they have.
I have yet to come across a situation where a game would be in such limited supply.
You're usually right, but limited usually means limited for a lot of niche games. When I say niche I'm thinking of the Danganronpa LE's or Ys LE's or every other japanese game with a publisher like Atlus or XSEED. Obviously an LE for something like a Halo isn't limited at all.
Some people prefer physical.
This too. I have shit internet and want to save room where I can on my devices. I'll go digital if the sale is good enough or if physical is hard to acquire, but I'll always go physical if it's around the same price.
Then wait a day or two. It won't kill you. Plus, reviews will be out so you'll know if it's broken or not.
I don't ever buy Ubisoft or bigger games on release, so I rarely run into this problem. I trust FromSoft enough to not release Bloodborne dead on arrival.