@Quarth : I for one would much rather have the complete final version of the game on cartridge. Yes, the wait can be quite excessive at times, but that's the price you pay if you want to have games like this for prosperity.

I suppose LRG can perhaps consider selling download + physical bundles where they can issue a download code alongside the physical copy of the game, where the download code will be emailed upon payment, and price the bundle just a bit higher than the standalone physical game (as such a bundle can easily be abused if priced as normal).

You cannot fault LRG for the delay as it is the developers who had perhaps miscalculated when the DLC would be ready. LRG had previously delayed the printing of prior releases in anticipation of software updates. I wish more publishers would do likewise. I don't mind if the digital versions of games are released earlier (as that could also aid in identifying bugs), but what's on the cartridge ought to be complete.

It seems to be that most publishers nowadays just pump out cartridges with a buggy, unfinished game and patch everything else in later (and there's no guarantee that they will; case in point, WWE 2K18). Nintendo themselves have released Fire Emblem: Three Houses in an unfinished state in order to rush it to shelves, as they had omitted the Lunatic difficulty from the cartridge (which has been a standard option in previous games) so they can patch it in later, and more recently, there was news that they are going to recast the male protagonist, which will no doubt add to the overall size of the update.

I was quite annoyed when LRG's Night Trap was "updated" some time after receiving the cartridge, as a game of that age should not have needed any further refinements, so I welcome and respect LRG's decision to wait as long as necessary to ensure that the (more or less) final build of the game is what we get on the cart.

It comes with the territory. If you want the game right away, you have the option to download it from the eShop, but if you want a cartridge (and it would stand to reason that those who want a cartridge want the data on it to be complete) it comes at the price of being just a tad more patient to ensure that we can get a product of the highest possible quality.