sounds like a lame excuse, but what's the reason? is this an admission that the game needs achievements to hold a player's interest? they're using micro-transactions? they refuse to have a DRM free version? whatever, there's too many other games to give this any further thought...

^This! ^and this as well. :-)

Go look on steam. There was a period where those tedious side scrollers were released 3 a day for about 6 months. :P