Regardless of your banter (crazy religious nut that I am, vowing to not even buy the game until it costs way less than the current price tag... put me in that Star Citizen bag of people who spends tens of thousands right away!), I'm confused here. So the guy went to the shop and bought the game out of a mistake... but it cost 2000$? Bah, nevermind, I'm not going to read all that crazy thread - btw I think I saw Dragon in there trying to hype freespace 2, lol.
Regarding monetization. Don't you find it egregious though? Let's leak a game through youtube and vimeo and twitch and wherever I can, and while showcasing all the bugs and issues with the game in a completely assholeish and illegal manner, I'm gonna also monetize from all the attention I'm sure to get.
Be dismissive all you want, I don't like this kind of source. I also despise reviews that come exactly at day 1 with the reviewers having gone through the game for 40 hours straight with little sleep and then at the end better write cogent words with correct grammar! Impossible shenanigans, which have a poor rate of actually getting the game correctly analysed. SO, I'll wait for actual good reviewers to check the game out a week or a couple of them after the game gets out. Honest, calm, incisive and thought out reviews. Then I'll trust someone's judgement.
If that's being religious, then I'm a total fanatic.