I didn't fall for anything. I didn't buy this game and a lot of the other hard core simmers (who know a heck of a lot more about sub sims than I ever will) haven't bought it, either.
But your point is well taken. If people keep buying games like this that are rushed out the door and "built upon rickety foundatons" as the OP said, then, yeah, nothing will ever change.
But, as I said, I think Ubi went too far this time. There's a lot of bad feeling out there about this game, and, sheesh, it's just been released. That's going to be difficult to overcome as far as sales go, I would think...?