I'm getting increasingly irritated by the argument that because the Fable 2 co-op patch will be ready within a week of the game being released, that means they should be able to put it on the disc instead of releasing it as DLC.

Does anybody happen to know how long it'll take to manufacture, check and ship out the hundreds of thousands of discs required for the Fable 2 launch? I'm guessing it would be a couple of weeks at the minimum, and I'm pretty sure they'll have already started the process so that they can get the game in stores before the street date.

Now, I'm sure that Lionhead could put the co-op code onto the disc in its current state, but I'd much rather the developers have an extra couple of weeks to polish the code and deliver the multiplayer a week after the game ships than rush a half-finished version out the door with the discs, and then have to patch it in a week anyway to make it playable.

Am I the only one?