I can't answer for him but i'd suspect being lied to may have played a part in it.
Why are you defending this game so viscously? Not everyone holds the same tolerance as yourself.
Why? Because for some reason you all have come to some unequivocal conclusion that they lied to us. Like it is a well known fact, like the sun is 93 million miles away.
Because you all refuse to actually look at the comparisons between the 35 minute demo and current and see that the textures, draw distance, and mapping are the same. You are all blinded by other games' instances of failure. For example, it is a common technique for devs to use fog to mask poor draw distance. Just because they added aerial perspective fog doesn't mean the draw distance does;t reach the same level.
Because you all are trashing such a small part of a big picture, one that these people have been working on for the past half a decade, just for us.
Because you all point fingers and claim that the gaming community is dying, and that CDPR is just another crack in the wall thats about to come crashing down, when in reality all the people who raise their pitchforks against devs simply for changing a few visual aspects are the real perpetrators of the "death" of the gaming scene.
Because you all seem to disregard that change is an inevitable part of game dev, and you disregard the fact that the words "WORK IN PROGRESS" is on all the old videos, somehow thinking that every damned new video is how it is ADVERTISED, IT IS SET IN STONE
Because you don't seem to understand that devs cannot simply say "oh these people are getting an inferior experience" when comparing the systems. Ever noticed how in the ENTIRE HISTORY OF VIDEOGAMES, devs have ALWAYS said that there will be "minor differences".
Because you all are either created duplicate accounts or joining up just to make the first post something detrimental and hurtful, like threatening to take your money back.
Because CDP has poured their HEARTS into this project. This is their baby. And we are tearing it to pieces. Imagine how terrible it is for them to have to see all this hatred.
Long story short: they didn't lie. So calm down.