Recollection, Prediction and Hope!

[Kiroh]

Does it really matter why anymore? I could understand how people would want to know this in the first month or two following release. We didn't know whether it was released that way because they were working on the rest to be released via patches shortly after release, or if they underestimated the amount of work left to be done, or if that was just the way the game was meant to be. We know now that they knew they were releasing the game too early and went ahead with it anyways, we know they know the game is not in a reasonable state, we know they know the game needs major work.

I guess my question is : Now that SE has told us they know the game is screwed up, does it really matter why they released it early? Will knowing (or speculating) about it's early release make the game any better, will it bring back any of the players that have already left?

Anyone around long enough to remember beta has already seen this hashed and re-hashed a thousand times before. SE has never given a clear answer, and even if they did the playerbase would never be satisfied with any explanation SE could offer. There's just no good excuse for the condition of XIV.