Story doesn't hold water imo....
Then defenders are quick to point out these aren't final... they were rushed for pinfest... they just used what they had lying around.
These were boardsets made just for this game. They weren't Just "lying around" as they didn't exist. Before this, wasn't Mike going on about games on test location, how everything is coming together, etc.... and now he says the hardware isn't even ready in proto form?.. that's news...
Now Mike goes from "so what" to "well it really was someone else... not me"... keeps saying it's the prototype and pulls out the sympathy card.
Doesn't read as "you didn't have the full story"... reads like a set of excuses.