It shows that they're still too worried about making money instead of great games. The only release date a game should have is "when it's done" a la Blizzard, Epic, Valve. Once again it means I'm waiting for a price drop to a) save money, and b) let the bugs get ironed out.
Totally agree, although they should still set a target otherwise the term "when it's done" might get used too loosely (thinking of 3D Realms / DNF here). Also, these are the reasons I'm not complaining that ME3 got pushed back to next year. Quality should come first.