I hope Bethesda gives him the pre-order. Over 7 years worth of saving bottle caps.

I'm quite unsure about this...

As someone have pointed out on another site, if Bethesda decides to give the pre-order to this guy, others might follow him (although not easily) to obtain their "free" pre-orders...

However, if Bethesda rejects, they will lose face, and will gain reputation as a heartless developer...

I think the best solution is either to give him a free copy, or even better, commemorate this guy in the game.

How?

By making a character in the game that is basically a homage to this guy or even better, making a quest where you help a guy collect amount of bottlecaps to do something like this guy, with hints that the quest is a homage to the guy and inspired by his actions.

Being someone that is remembered and commemorated in a game is one of the greatest act of respect by a developer to a fan

So he had 2240 bottle caps... I think it would be cheaper to buy the game than 2240 bottles

Could someone do a math calculation of this? Hahaha

Nevertheless, some people in the other sites are divided on that matter. Me? I'm just suggesting suggestions

However, do mind that I didn't say that guy doesn't deserve the pre-order though O_O

He deserve it, he does sure deserve it. I'm just worried others might follow him, which in some people's opinion, will be unfair and stupid.

I'm not one of those people though ^^

Cute as this guy's intent, paying a pre-ordered game with 2,240 bottle caps is just pure WOMBAT.

A soda goes from $1.00 - $2.50 depending on where you are. We can assume that this guy just spent $1,500 on Fallout 4. (These numbers are USD) if we're talking beer instead of soda that's a whole different ballgame. He could have spent anywhere from $1,000 - $5,000. Even more. I doubt that others will try this.

To be fair, he spent it on Fallout 4 AND a [censored] ton of soda/alcohol.

They don't owe him anything, obviously, but I've gotta give him props for trying something like this. It's pretty funny, and just crazy enough that I could see some Beth employees thinking it might be worth it to reward him for the creativity. Of course they'd have to put some sort of "just this once" in the letter to make it clear to others that they'll not be doing this for anyone else.

...I don't think my body could stand that much soda and survive.

But kudos to the guy! That is dedication, and I applaud it.

The guy deserves a T-shirt, at the very least.

And I thoughthttps://flic.kr/p/u3xVLf was a lot. That's my collection anyways.