A Patch Will Fix It, It's all OK

Me too, but you can't please entitled douches who complain about games not coming out in a timely fashion. Hell, you can't please them no matter what you do. I'm glad I'm not a game developer.

Next step:
Let the community create a patch and then sue them!

That's a shitty ass premise for an argument or a point.

"my audience complains so the obvious fix can't happen because they'll complain there to"

It's a logical fallacy that ignores delays people can get over, a broken game? not so much. I know I'm asking the wrong forum for some genuine critical thinking and common sense, but come on, it's not hard.

It's the truth. From a devs pov they can make a shit ton more money by releasing unfinished products when the hype is high as opposed to earning the respect of the most devout by releasing a polished masterpiece when everyone else except the eager few have forgotten all about it.

That's business, that's the world we live in since our beloved hobby has grown larger over the years. I don't like it much myself, but what can ya do? People wont stop rewarding this behavior any time soon.

Hype is everything for these products.