What's stopping them from saying "hang on, we realize we've bitten off more than we can chew. We're stopping development on X to concentrate on finishing Y." Heck, if I were them, I'd stop EVERYTHING and concentrate on getting the CORE game finished that way it's not changing all the time and 3rd party guys have to adjust for each change.
I think that bit of honesty would go a lot farther than the current schedule.
