This game was already had several significant delays. It should have been pushed for several more years. Even at 1.5, it's clearly not yet ready at the basic, fundamental level, let alone all the marketing BS they threw over the many years of hyping.

The Rockstar system is the correct system to use. Don't speak publicly about a project until it is almost complete, then start the "event" by slowly showing more and more of the game and its world. Instead, CDP made all the mistakes possible—over hype, lie (surely they knew by the last two years how broken their game is) and severely underdeliver.