I feel like given the comment from Ken, it is not unreasonable to assume the game shipped like he said. He did specifically say "We had to ship ASAP" which imp

I feel like given the comment from Ken, it is not unreasonable to assume the game shipped like he said. He did specifically say "We had to ship ASAP" which implies that it was done to get the game out the door and indeed shipping copies would have the message.