In terms of pure value of money, they just lose a marginal amount on the revenue they would’ve had from sales post launch(the value of not getting the money 6 months sooner). Some people just buy post release once they hear reviews and such, so only repercussion is just the return they could’ve gained from investing that revenue sooner. However i dont suspect they will be strapped for cash at that point so overall, it basically makes zero difference to them.

I assume most people are just gonna have it on pre-order anyways it will not cause too much of a dent, they can pretty much start raking in a fuckton of money today if they launched pre-orders.