I wouldn`t have a problem with pre-orders. But this is the incentive for the companies to milk early profits and dump the game later except for micro-transactions.
What I hate the most are super duper collectors editions for 120+ bucks. Teaser, trailers that have nothing to do with the actual in-game footage and gameplay. Reassurances to the community that they will get some treatment this time. Life service but without any clear roadmap or upcoming content.
And on the release day stuttery 60 frames on high-end PCs, constant crashes, constant de-syncs, broken game that needs updates for the next 6 months after release day to even stay on the server with friends together. Maps and balancing that completely turn upside down the gameplay. No previous in-game features, like such things never existed for the past decades. Everything that Community worked on for years gets trashed into a bin, like nobody needs it. The community gets called out by the Publishers to be detached from reality.
But the in-game store with DLCs always f@k&n" works! It`s magic!
So obviously nobody likes to pay for better statistics while the game is nowhere near to be properly put together not to mention to be fixed!