{I seem to remember a Bible story } Here's a better comparision: A man sees a computer that will be sold soon so he pre-orders it. The compnay immediately bills him even though the computer won't ship for 2 months. He doen't mind, he wants the computer. Well, it finally ships, but it's missing a sound card. Okay, so the sound doesn't play. And his joystick doesn't work because the USB plug is messed up. He "benchmarks" his computer and finds it's not as fast as the ad promised. Okay, he downloads a "fix". It doesn't solve all the problems, but he can use it to do basic things. Now, 2 months after he got the computer, the company is advertising a faster model (that's fixed) for a lower price. Now, how would you feel? You pre-order something (on the faith of the company), only to get a pre-beta copy, and then see the price drop for people to get a new, post-beta copy? As for "atmosphere" being added, I only have one thing to say: Fix the existing bugs before adding new features! I don't care if it was "easy to implement", how about correcting problems that have been there since P4! It would be nice if someone from CL would answer this question... but I suppose their silence means that they have no intention of giving any kind of refund (money or content) to the pre-ordering people.