@djlink On the one hand, if all you're playing the game for is visuals, gameplay tricks, and shooting people... sure.
If you're playing it for - or even passably interested in - the story?
I don't envy them, and I suppose I can respect that "it needs to improve on what's gone before or it's not worth doing", but at the same time I'm not sure I agree with that, or their decision.
Incremental improvements and a completed story, versus nothing?
But now it's far too late anyway...