First, let me get this streight: I'm not defending Hyperkin's mistakes. All I'm doing here is pointing out the facts here.

All of this stuff is bad PR for them, but it's unfair to label them liars or put the blame for all this squarely on them.

First off, it's extremely likely the manufacturing delays are completely out of their control as that's handed by a third party in China.

Then that guy mentioned that the [preorder] demand has exceeded what they estimated. Since they want a unified global release (this is a good idea) they are delaying what could be a US only launch right now for a few weeks until they have the volume to do their worldwide launch. Yeah, this pisses off the Americans. but I think ultimately it makes more sense than doing a staggered release.

Production costs increased after the design was altered with that controller cradle and Power Base converter design support. The system is now larger than it was before, also they've talked about the OS being more complex with additional features. The price increase sucks, but whatever the retail price will be is what the price is; any prior price announced was a premature MSRP - which in case you forget, means manufacturer's suggested retail price. Hyperkin is not the manufacturer. The company in China (probably Shenzhen Qi Sheng Long Industralist) is, and it's probably them that is setting the increased price.