This is something I don't really understand, to be honest.
I mean, let's think about this. You can keep the specs of your console hidden from the internet for a bit longer OR you can have more and better games on your system sooner. Which is more important? Hmm. But! But other console manufacturers might find out what kind of processor you're using (as if they don't know already from industry sources)! Sony might scrap the PS4 and start over by copying Nintendo's new console! It would ruin everything.
Seriously.
As for the logic that "indie" games don't matter, look at the year on the calendar. They're the new middleware. They mean your console has content beyond a the handful of AAA titles that release in a given year. They matter to a lot of people. Journey mattered. The Ori and the Blind Forest mattered. Even just the reveal of No Man's Sky mattered. Cumulative speaking, they matter a lot.
The idea that the studio behind The Ori and the Blind Forest can't even get a reply is ridiculous. No one should be defending that. Someone should have been calling them up immediately, even if it's just to offer reassurances that they want to do business and to throw a provisional timetable at them. You can't treat potentially valuable business partners that way and then be surprised when they stonewall you later. It's just not very smart.
