: I could see them telling retailers to say they were running out of preorders,
: etc. in order to get a "Oh, it must actually be pretty good if so
: many people are buying it. I should buy it too" reaction. The crappy
: features such as the 24-hour check-up, etc. were also thrown in to make it
: seem less appealing so that they could later revoke the
: "changes" and bring all those customers who were PO'ed back, and
: then some (which they will probably end up bringing back in a mandatory
: update to the console in the future anyways.)

: It's all about marketing and knowing how to give your customers what they
: think they want.

The moon landing never happened.