Quoted from TVP:The GoTLE buyers will be playing their machines for a year and more before most hobbit buyers will even receive their hobbits.
Well that 'may' be true but we know it won't be worth playing GoT for a year until they sort out the code, so is it really worth buying any Stern for around a year after it's release? After-all in doing so you do kind of spoil the game as it becomes old-hat by the time the code is sorted.
Don't get me wrong I love Stern, they continue to make games (some great, some ok and some poor) and kept the industry going for us all to enjoy, I also love JJP and other manufactures that are able to make and ship games.
I have many Stern machines and a WOZ with THLE on order, I was planning on purchasing a GoTLE but with the look of its current state I'm out, or at least will wait a year to see how it develops and plays, this is what I have done with Metallica as I have a new premium on order as at least the code is what I would call finished or as near as.