You are the problem. I blame people like you for the problems we are having with Skyrim and every other game release these days. Because of people that think like you and have the general mentality that game makers can do no wrong we end up with games only 90% done released far to early. What should have happened was the game should have been delayed due to bugs and problems discovered in testing "did they even do any testing?". Release the game a month or two later properly polished and working. But no people like you are actually PROUD to buy an unfinished game.... thus sending Bethesda in this case the message that it is ok for them to continue releasing unfinished games.

Best tip for anyone annoyed by any of these issues. When the next Bethesda game comes out do the unimaginable and WAIT for 3 months before buying it. By then they will have finished the game more than likely AND you will likely get it cheaper than all the mooks who paid to beta test it. Take the money you saved and buy the first round of DLC which givens Bethesda's track record is normally 2 - 3 months after release.

In summary
- wait a little extra time before buying their game
- laugh at all the stupid mooks who bought it at launch and paid full price"beta testers"
- buy the game after a few months once it has had its first discount "normally 2 or 3 months"
- now that you got the game for less than everyone else and its nice and patched up feel free to treat yourself to the first DLC pack. At that point you will have only spent as much as everyone else did on just the game on launch day.

Show where you stand with how you spend your money, because you are just kidding yourself if you think they care about anything else than the bottom line.

where is the option for undecided.

Skyrim is the first -- and last -- time that I'm ever going to preorder a game. I love Bethesda to death, but I think I'll wait for all the major bugs to get ironed out before buying TES VI.

As I've mentioned elsewhere, I've played every Elder Scrolls game that has come out with the exception of Redguard. Arena worked pretty well from the getgo, but it had bugs. Daggerfall was released with so many bugs it was unplayable at first. Of the series, Morrowind and Oblivion were probably the most enjoyable ones from the start. The bugs that they had were quickly fixed and the interminable wait (what is it? two weeks now?! sheesh!) for the Construction Set didn't seem to affect me so much. (Wanna mod! Gotta MOD!!!)

I constantly tell myself that I'm going to wait until the first major patch. So I did. And paid my $59.95. And got another patch, the major reason for it being to require Steam to play it. (Please do not inform me that there are ways to get around that. I am aware of this already.) And quests still don't work. And the interface still needs repair. And there are still graphics glitches, and random CTDs, and and andandand...

And while I have completed the major quest line (thank God that worked!), I still can't finish the game.

I think that Bethesda has put out some of the best games of many different genres. I just wish that they, and the rest of the game publishers and programmers, would spend more time debugging *before* they release the game to the public. That is what is important to me and, I believe, most other gamers. (Awaits massive flames for that one. hehehe)