I have never posted here, but i registered so i can give my 2 cents about all of this.
The post will be a two part-er.
The first part goes to the developers - the people actually writing the code, the artists, the voice actors, the designers.
I would like to express my deepest gratitude for the wonderful world you have created. As a consumer i can appreciate the fact that all the work you did in those hard conditions /stating the year 2020...../, was rough on all of you and your families. I hope you all stay safe and take your time, so your creativity and hard work can give us the game you wanted to make. Stay safe and keep up the good work.
This part goes to the management and the "decision makers".
Dear "Decision makers" - as a consumer of the product you have deemed "releasable" on 12.10.2020, i am asking at what point you are going to be transparent to your customers? It is perfectly clear that as managers you knew that the patch would NOT be produced, in the promised deadline - how on earth any of you "decided" that it's a good call to keep your 13 million consumers in the dark two days before the promised deadline? In it's current state the product that you sold to those 13 million people is in BETA state. Every single person that played that game - irrelevant of the system can vouch for that. I am not even talking about cut content. I am talking about broken mechanics, perks that are not working, items that are not working, placeholder systems /the Police Wanted System/, scripting issues in the MAIN quests - something that should have been polished months before release. Youtube is filled with movies showing the true state of the game.
You claim you want to be transparent with your customers - since you already lost all faith in your future products here is a friendly suggestion from one of your consumers. Why don't you provide us with a WIP patch notes and stop giving us vague promises and fairy dust. Some comparison videos/screenshots of before/after wouldn't hurt either. If you decide to keep you player base in the dark for the next 45 days /i am sorry but i am not buying this "second half of march" even for a second there/ - and then we get another 1.1 - i can assure you that you won't be making 780 million from the preorders of your next product. You broke your customer's trust several times in a row and it's time to do a bit more "show" and less "tell".
Please dear Decision makers - let the developers show us WHAT is being worked on and WHEN are we going to get it.
Best Regards
An angry customer.