Quoted from smassa:Both of you being 1st time buyers of Stern's NIB are experiencing what many have been used to for years from Stern. This is nothing new for stern in regards to code updates. If you arent willing to be patient & wait for the code updates I suggest avoiding NIB's from stern.
Unfortunately, I think Metallica has been more egregious than any Stern NIB to date. At least X-Men had an update by Christmas 2012 (albeit a crappy update but still an update). I think sometimes when you only own 1-3 machines, the time waiting for an update can seem like eons. I have since gotten an XBox One and a PS4 to take me away from the lack of updates. Otherwise, I would be going mad waiting for an update.
Anyway, I'm in support of the OP on this one.