Quote Originally Posted by Cyphadius View Post
Just to play devil's advocate...
If they knew in advance about all the issues you claim, what would be the purpose of not preparing for it while they did have time? What would have been the chain of reasoning that led them to make a decision they knew would sabotage a smooth launch?
Have you ever worked for a large corporation? A deadline is a deadline, and it will be kept. No matter if things are not ready for primetime. They spent a ton of money advertising the launch date, they sure as hell were not going to let that go to waste. They figure the cost of handing out a little 'extra' free time to compensate people who could not play is a fair trade. Its greed and corporate stupidity at its finest.