Im not trying to criticize here, but it seems that delaying a game's release date months would atleast give the developer time to find a decent publisher and/or give the publisher time to properly advertise the game.
If the release date really is november 5th, as noted above, it would seem like it would reflect badly on the publisher that no, if not very few, stores in the North American market have even heard of the game, let alone are listing it for pre-order with only 5 days til sale.