IMO, the damage from this is negligible given that it's only a couple of days before the release. - Competitors can't respond in any material way that will tak

IMO, the damage from this is negligible given that it's only a couple of days before the release. - Competitors can't respond in any material way that will take away from the announcement. - Journalists (and thus consumers) get more time to grok the feature enhancements. - Developers (the general 3P devs who don't have strategic partner early access) will have time to dream up how they'll extend the new features. That being said, if this happened 3 or 6 months before the release, there would likely be more measurable damage.