Since Bethesda seemed so devoted to cranking out this game and making money, without taking the time to thoroughly test it (or test it at all, or even making a new game engine), a lot of people feel ripped off and are vowing to never buy a game from them again. At this point, if Bethesda doesn't pull a 180 and fix the problems, or at least admit that they messed up, many more will start joining the "avoid Bethesda" bandwagon as well. It just doesn't make any sense to me from a marketing point of view, to sell this game for big bucks, but pretty much screw yourselves out of large profit for any future titles.
Edit: This was originally in the
PS3 forums, so it's not specifically addressing
PC and
Xbox users.