After the debacle that was Destiny 2, which I pre-ordered for $100 (which was a lot back then), I swore off ever pre-ordering games ever again. However Starfield is out soon, and I have been dying to play it it’s the whole reason I bought my Series X. So, do I preorder it?
You have much more to lose than you do to gain when you preorder. Just remember the biggest blunders in gaming in the past 2 or 3 years, and how you would have felt if you put money down on them. Just wait until launch day and pick it up then, or wait a day after it launches for the reviews to come out. You can wait.