etna87: Actually, I would have preferred that... Anyway, they probably won some new customers, disgruntled some others, and are doing fine altogether. I'm not even in the US.
SimonG: Wait, you want to pay for a game and then don't be able to play it for weeks? Rather than not pay for it and only buy it when you can play it? ...
As others have pointed out: If I'm offered a great deal, I want to get that deal, and then play the games when I find the time to do so. Which may take a while, so I would not be upset about having to wait a few weeks.
Yes, you may call me a horrible cheapskate now.