Wow Romeo, I admire your resolve with this. You should definitely post this exact post on the Ubisoft forum too! It's stories like this that hopefully get someone's attention over there.
I'm with you on the launch price thing -- I always try and get the best deals on things, but I've had to throw that to the wind in order to procure the UK editions that I desire for AC and have to get them usually at launch, because they sell out after - its not so with the US Limited Editions, as those usually sit on shelves even after the NEXT AC comes out a year later and can be picked up for pennies on the dollar.
I'm not in the same boat as you regarding the bugs and such because I usually don't get to play them until at least the GOTY edition is already out or something, and by then its usually fixed, but I DO understand your frustration with the developer of your favorite franchise seeming to only be after the quick dollar and not the hearts (and wallets) of their die-hard fans - Nintendo has been doing this a lot lately too, especially with this amiibo fiasco and US CEs. I feel your pain bud, but darn if those cupcakes don't look great!
