Why do you pre order digital games?

I never ever pre-ordered and won't pre-order any game...

I might pre-order; but am wary of early access

Iwould preorder games when I get boni, especially boni you only get when you preorder.
Also I might preorder a game when it is an expansion or sequel to a game I liked a lot, or a sister game wth the same or similar mechanics in a different setting that seems interesting.

Only preorder of mine so far:
I bought a Founders Package for Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade, which is like a mixture of preordering and early access.

depends on game & how much I have spare money to spend...
I backed up games on kickstarter before.
If I really want game & want to support developer then I prolly would pre order.
Eg. I preorered The Division because I liked the idea of it & was mad in love with Ghost Recon Phantom. I cancelled it after Unity. (also they delayed division to e1 2016 that's just fancy talk for dec2016. never trusting ubi again)

I've only pre-ordered 3 games in my life, well technically 4 but I didn't pay for the last one.

• From Dust - I really liked the game based on everything I've seen and it was only 15€ so I figured if I'm gonna buy it anyway on release why not pre-order? The release date came, game was filled with bugs and many people wanted their money back, me included. I got my money back and became cautious when it comes to pre-orders.
• Far Cry 3 and Borderlands 2 cost me 30€ each. I had a friend whom I wanted to play and did play both games with, so I find these two justified.
• The Witcher 3 - I got this for free back in August last year making use of the at the time new money system - Stellar.

Pay a bit more to get the game a few days early? Naw.. I'll wait until its been out a month and comes down in price.

The only 2 pre orders I did were because I really wanted the game

Gut outta hell (and I regret my decision)
Witcher 3 (I really hope I won't regret this one)

I only pre-order if I absolutely know I'll be playing it, regardless of reviews or anything else. Examples would include Bloodborne, Arkham Knight, Half-Life 3, etc. Even if all of those games receive 0 percent reviews across the board, I still want to play them.

I also like being able to pre-load.

I rarely preorder games... The only preorders that i can think of are Black Ops II as a gift for xbox (dont hate on my console) and I will preorder the new Battlefront because star wars

I learned a lesson about pre-ordering a while back, so I learned to never ever order a game that hadn't been released and reviewed. I haven't pre-ordered a game since then and don't plan to, but the only exception was GTA V since it had already been out for 2 years, and it had already been out on next-gen consoles for a while, which pretty much proved it was worth buying.

RU discount. Guess that means never now. :P

The last game I preordered was Diablo 3. Never again. Now I usually wait for the GOTY edition + a sale. I haven't seen a game I wanted to play so bad I was willing to buy at full price in a long, long time. Well, there's Grim Dawn but it's still in early access... I'm probably going to get it as soon as it's released though, if the price remains the same as it is now.

I don't usually do preorders because these days there's not much incentive, but I'm planing on preordering Batman: Arkham Knight just so I can preload and play the day it gets released, which coincides with a 2 week break from work.

I won a preorder once, which was Street Fighter X Tekken and bought the Pre Order for Dead Rising 3 (russian gift), but besides that I didn't ever preorder and I won't, except if it has a really good discount or some nice preorder bonuses.

I'm cheap, I have a massive backlog, and I'm wary of the release day bugs, so no, I haven't pre-ordered anything in years. Even if I didn't have a backlog, I would still wait for the price to come down (which doesn't take that long for any game). $20 or less is really my sweet spot for video games. The lower price point also allows me more patience with less-than-stellar games. I'm willing to forgive a lot more for $20 than $60.

Because good game, I only preordered digital for The Witcher 3

I've only done three digital preorders, and all of them because they had preorder discount and I didnt think they would be that cheap for another couple of months.
Deus Ex HR for 33% off
Dreamfall Chapters for 20% off + Russian discount
Hyperdimension Neptunia for 50% off + Russian discount

I pre ordered Wolfenstein The Old Blood. When it got released, the price was doubled (atleast in my country). It was worth it.

I also pre ordered:

1. Tales from the Borderlands (didn't get anything except a 15% discount, atleast i get to play it on day one)
2. Saints Row Gat out of Hell {got the saints wing skin, which is pretty nice)
3. Grand Theft Auto V (missed the san andreas promo, i only got the 1.5 mil ingame money)
4. Assassin's Creed Rogue (got AC3 for free)

All of them are worth the price.

i never pre order or even buy at full price (only PES every year)
i am rather waiting for a good GOTY deal - even if it is 2 years later

I have only pre-ordered games from a series I know I already like. I wouldn't risk it on something new, because there's too much crap with launch titles these days.