I think you'll find the people damning preordering and buying in app purchases are more like the sensible adults who have a grasp on real world finance, not the naive children. The naive children are the ones who can't help themselves buying something because of their "want it now" attitude or getting carried on the hype train. I am old enough and ugly enough to buy pretty much what I want, when I want. But I'm also old and ugly enough to have the self control not to unless it is a fair deal. So you can try and act grown up, calling people naive children, or you can face up to the fact you need to wise up and stop being one yourself.