This is an honest, direct from consumer feedback. Not a flame.
I've been a big fan of CDPR from Witcher 1. Bought and plaid everything they offered.
But what I see now is a company that has succumbed to the machine.
Why withhold console footage of the game? Because it's unacceptably bad. Broken in fact. So rather than deliver the experience consumers expect and deserve, let's deceive them. Lying by omission. To hide the product they would otherwise not buy. This is so morally deplorable I don't even know how a self-conscious person can authorize this.
Did the game go gold? How is that possible? Gold means good. It's the high standard consumers expect.
It was a lie. A lie targeted at buyers who cashed in the good will CDPR have built up only to be fooled. Cheated out of their money for an unfinished game, that fails to deliver on the promises.
This is really sad. CDPR have their money now at the cost of their good will and integrity.
I just can't believe they went down this road. There's no going back now.
Feel free to lock this post, which I'm sure will happen. We can't have disappointed consumers posting their disappointments. Probably i'm sure my account will also be locked. That's fine too.