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> The game industry does this, which is crap

No, it's fantastic. If they did what you think you want you'd get the same games perhaps a year later.

So because they're doing it you can get what you'd have gotten anyway and more, because if you just buy games after they've been out for a while you'll likely get a large discount.

And people who are big fans of the franchise can get the game earlier if they want, and essentially pay for being beta testers.

It's a win-win.