@el_pocko:
OK, I'll take the bait. First you welcome someone to further explain why you're wrong, and then later (in the same post) you say "see you next year"? Cute. Well, let me try to (re-)explain it to you, nevertheless (this is how I see it, and how I think other people see it too):
When the stakes are higher, it also requires higher patience. Pre-orderers have put money into this thing. If this fails, they will lose that money. You won't. All you're doing is waiting. For someone who was 100% sure OP team would deliver, then yes, they are more impatient than those people who wait for the second batch. But that 100% certainty is quite rare, and it's that little doubt deep inside that makes the waiting so much more harder and intense. And THAT takes patience. And THAT'S what makes pre-orderers more patient than you. You're taking the easy road. If OP doesn't deliver, you'll be "...meh" or "... well whatever!" or something similar. That's not patience, that's being indifferent. Pre-orderers don't have that luxury (unless 330 bucks is equal to toilet paper for them...)
Regarding making something work: pre-orderers already helped make it "work". The team had to get the money somehow. It REALLY WAS the pre-orderers' money that made the developing and producing possible to maintain. You on the other hand .... no.
And regarding princesses, I'll give you a story as an example:
3800+ people are giving money to a risky project to design and produce a handheld machine. There's also the team that took the risk of putting their own money, time and effort to make this happen. After some major hurdles and setbacks they're finally nearing the finish line. They're already taking the hit with the first batch and now hope that future batches will make profit to make up the losses and maybe even have little to themselves, so they can keep the business going.
But then comes someone, before the first batch is even out and even though it would still be possible to get aboard the first batch, asking to get an upgraded version with only few months after the first batch, resulting in more expenses to the team. Okay, no problem, this can be seen as not thinking it through. But then something hits the fan; along comes an arrogant dimwit, who wants all this regardless the fact (which he even seems to aknowledge) that it would also effectively backstab the pre-orderers and result in compatibility issues.
Now, who's the princess in this story?
Like said before, incremental changes are OK, if they're necessary or more profitable/convenient for the team. But anything that has a possibility of people developing apps/games which only work with the later revisions would be plain stupid, and really should be used only as a last resort. This includes better cpu, bigger ram, better graphics.
Yes, I see you're quite amused by the fact that people are so vain about the possibility of getting inferior hardware than the later batches, but that's just reality and human nature. Especially with a timeframe as short as this. It's pure backstabbing and a sure way to lose future customers.
