I think all the negativity has been used on FFXIII. FFXIII got the "this long for this?" treatment because of all the hype, and it's tempered people's expectations of Versus considerably. Whenever it comes out, it'll probably be more like "Oh. That game. Hey, it's actually pretty good."
At least that's the feeling I get given the way people talk about XIII and Versus now. It'll end up kinda like Red Dead Redemption, methinks.