Wait I'm confused about what MegaScience is so mad about.
He said something about an early release pissing off 2/3 of Valve's customers when Valve is primarily a PC game company with some console releases.
2/3 of their launch platforms. What pisses me off is that there is not one hard fact that is what that information means, but people like Marcem have completely given up on finding what it might truly mean for some idea that would frustrate many users. It's one thing for an early launch on some platforms, but another to make it a surprise that will make console gamers sad as spoilers spill over their Portal forums, and including non-Portal centric ones.
Why would valve NOT give steam preorders an early release? This way they're giving people who use THEIR service a bonus, basically promoting use of steam as well.
So what you're saying is you think they should be stuck up starfishs who think they're better than everyone else but taunt us by still releasing at all?