While I agree that standards are falling, there are better examples of the consumer being shafted by a company. You picked the one developer who was up front about the issues, before players had the issues, and released the stim package and free DLC as well as taking responsibility. But maybe we should be happy with a developer just saying they made mistakes? ( just as a quick example )

Rockstar said multiple times in interviews, articles, and their own posts on the Rockstar Newswire that they anticipated all sorts of issues that would need to be worked out in the first few weeks. If you were paying attention to what Rockstar had to say prior to launch you would have been well aware of what was coming. Its your own fault for being an uninformed consumer :D