I mean just because one company does something wrong it doesn't we can give another company a pass for doing the same.
Just to note an interesting parallel, an identical situation unfolded around the Vita launch.
Amazon in Canada shipped out a bunch of non-First Edition Vitas prematurely due to a systems glitch.
In fact this was somewhat of an exploit because people were actively taking advantage of it after concluding that systems were shipping prematurely.
So myself and a bunch of other folks on Vita GAF were playing Uncharted, Wipeout, Hot Shots and Little Deviants on February 11th, 2012 well in advance of the system's "street date".
We were sharing screens of the OS. Screens of the games. Getting people hyped and excited.
And did any of these Vitas get banned or bricked? Not a single one.