I suspect Sony paid them a boatload of money, then took a look at the $20 tech demo toy they had on their hands and said "we can't sell this for $60," so they h

I suspect Sony paid them a boatload of money, then took a look at the $20 tech demo toy they had on their hands and said "we can't sell this for $60," so they had to tack on the resource grind minigame in order to call it a "game." Hence the delays and lackluster final game.