Quoted from TaTa:Why? Rick has said that Stern can run MMr at anytime on their second assembly line and not hinder Stern's production.
I tend to look at the end of the year in terms of the 3 major holidays. If there aren't whole games sitting there next week I think it's safe to say Halloween is out unless this secondary line is magical in some way. To meet Thanksgiving I would think there needs to be some evidence of a stocked, secondary line given that next week would be about 5 weeks out from then. In fairness they could still hit Christmas without a lot of evidence next week but then if what the other guy posted (inventory shutdown) is true it kind of messes up that idea.
Sorry to be Debbie Downer but I have some factory experience and these are not magical places. If you tour through it and there is nothing there it just ain't happening. Doesn't matter who said what to whom. Rick is a salesguy, their interpretation of what is going on inside the factory is always a little skewed, the guy you want to be asking is the Production Manager of the factory itself.