They claim it's because they meed time to 'polish the game' but I think it's more they realise that this game could kill the company in it's present state.
Edit: just realised something as listening to SideScrollers in the background, guess what's in February?
Black history month, I think they're still woke pandering even though they know it's a live bomb like Concord in the making.
They should just cut their losses and scrap the game entirely. Maybe repurpose the engine for a new project. Nothing they can do is going to save the game from the bad press it has already accumulated.