You're saying that watching an interview with the lead designer of the game isn't a good way to get informed about it.
O k a y .
Given how you didn't understand what I posted, you only reinforced my original point.
By your reasoning, if someone hasn't gone to every remote possible website/tv show/newspaper/web link/word of mouth/store employee/grocery store employee/neighbor down the street/politician/etc/etc they're not an informed customer.
Which clearly isn't what I said.
The typical consumer isn't going to Colbert to get said info. Hell, for anyone who truly was following the game's development, the Colbert interview was a blip on the radar. It only became widespread when Reddit did their list and people started whipping themselves into a frenzy. Acting like the majority (or even 1/10th of people) saw that interview and said, "Oh gee, NOW I'm sold. To be able to see another player's model, that's unheard of in video games!" is specious at best.
It's totally understandable for the handful of people who saw the interview and felt betrayed, they're fully justified, but to try and make it sound like it's the typical experience is laughable to me.