Why are people buying Skyrim?

[Laser Priest]

Impatience mostly.

I am fine with giving my money to Bethesda, as well.

 

[Tyrant T100]

As I want to play the game while it's still fresh and impressive.
If Bethesda releases day one dlc I'll just pirate it as I've already paid for the game.

 

[Nargleblarg]

Because I've waited almost 4-5 years since Oblivion came out for a sequel that would improve on everything that was good and refresh that newness feeling that came with playing Oblivion for the first time.

Impatience basically but that is human nature so there is no reason to ignore it. Also a GOTY package will be what 2-3 years from now? Hell the modern systems could be obsolete by then.

 

[Mordwyl]

The same reason you buy your favourite game on release.

/topic

 

[Daveman]

Because I don't want to wait a whole year.

 

[King of the Sandbox]

Impatience here. And yeah, I'll probably get the GOTY edition too.

What can I say? I'm a slave to open world/sandbox-style games.

 

[hazabaza1]

Fuckin' Dragons, bro.
DRAGONS.
I need no other reason to buy Skyrim.

 

[Adam28]

If you came up to me a month ago saying pay £80 and I'll give you Skyrim now, I would of payed it. Time is money after all and this game is worth my time.

 

[Nannernade]

Well one thing you do need to ask yourself before that question is will the expansions be any good? Thinking back to some of the expansions in Oblivion and Fallout some were pretty useless or down right terrible, I hate to say that about Bethesda but it had to be said. For example, Horse Armour (LOL) and from Fallout the worst I thought was of course Mothership Zeta.

 

[Twilight_guy]

Yes, people, want the game now. It's why they per-order despite the fact that the game will be widely available in a few weeks even if it was in short supply now. You have no idea how impatient for Skyrim some of the people I know are. They are literally treating it like a junky needing a fix and planning the rest of there month around playing it. It's scary.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

Because it's SKYRIM. I mean, really? You expect us to wait? I'm going to buy the GotY edition for the PC anyway, but I want to play the console version as well. So, I'm going to by the fancy $150 version now, and buy the GotY for $30 in the future.

Besides, it's Skryim. I've been waiting for this game since I finished Oblivion. To expect us to wait is outrageous.

 

[SextusMaximus]

Because it looks like a great game that we don't want to have to wait too long for. Seriously, it could have taken you 15 seconds of thought, not worth a thread.

 

[Alandoril]

I only buy games I'm really excited for at launch. Other games which are no less awesome but not quite so high on my list get purchased a little down the line. This year has been a great year for games, but this October/November cross-over has been especially stellar.

That said I've not bought Arkham City yet and I will not be getting AC: Revelations at launch because November is going to be expensive enough with Skyrim and SR: The Third coming out.

 

[Simeon Ivanov]

I wanna support Bethesda.

 

[babinro]

I'll be buying Skyrim early on because I'm in the mood to play a game like this and because I'm a victim of marketing hype.

The hype surrounding the game is very high, and several of my friends are picking it up at launch. These factors combined will make me feel left out of future conversations with my friends if I wait 8-12 months to get the GOTY edition.

I don't plan on getting any DLC though. If I do it'll be in the form of a Steam sale GOTY edition for under $10.00 a couple years from now.

 

[1mike1000]

Here's how I got Skyrim: I unboxed an unusual hat in TF2. Had no need for it. Traded it to a guy for a preorder. ???? SKYRIM!!

 

[DannyBandicoot]

If your willing to wait long enough for all the DLC to come out and be released in one big package I'd say you probably don't like TES very much. I mean thats a LONG wait.

 

[Jesus Phish]

Now before anyone gets mad or assumes this is some sort of anti-Skyrim thread, it's not. I'm not bashing the game, the developer or anyone who is interested in it.

But let's look at Oblivion and Fallout 3. Both of those games were eventually given expansion packs, and then re-released as a game that contained the original game plus all of the expansion packs. Sometimes these were cheaper than the original game.

So assuming that's going to happen with Skyrim, why buy it now? Is it just a matter of impatience? Do people want to support Bethesda by possibly buying the game twice?

Is there anyone reading this who does just plan on buying it once the Game of the Year edition comes out?

Just curious.

Because I want it next Friday and not next year.

Additionally if everyone just waited for the GOTY to come out, it wouldn't sell enough copies to have a GOTY edition.

I've already 3 copies of Morrowind and 2 copies of Oblivion.

 

[Atmos Duality]

It gets hyped up, and it becomes a must-have item.

Personally I usually follow the late buyer approach, when my pc can actually play the older games at high speed and the modding community and developers have ironed out most of the bugs- but many people I know are buying the game at first chance.

I figure people just build it up in their mind, it becomes an impulse buy for them; even if they don't see it that way.

That right there is the most rational response; at least for PC or any other inherently unstable (non-native) systems.
1) You give the game developer time to iron out crippling bugs, and patch the game
2) You let the price come down a bit
3) You will have word-of-mouth and peer-review available to you

Of course, the poetic irony in this is that none of that would work unless there were already legions of fans waiting to buy it on launch (the initial price wouldn't go down, nobody could review it since nobody bought it, and ,love it or hate it, bugs are most quickly reported and resolved by those playing the game).

So despite how persistently obnoxious they can become, remember to thank the fanboys every once in a while.
...Quietly of course.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

Buying Skyrim because of shouting like a dragon.