If it can be shown that any problems someone has with SH4 are actually an issue with the software's quality and not hardware-related, then they will have some recourse to seek a refund (certainly in the UK anyway, and many other countries too). This being the case, a patch is not going to be released as a personal favour to us, but as a necessity to protect sales revenue.
I do suspect that many claimed bugs are actually a failure to either use things properly, or a due lack of decent hardware. Personally I have not had stability issues with SH4 apart from the 'A' crash on the initial unpatched version, so I'm reasonably happy with it, although also aware that it needs some bits sorting.
Stuff such as destroyers not seeming very aggressive would not qualify as a bug, merely a boring game. The radar not working would qualify however, as it would fall under (in the UK) the Sale of Goods and Services Act (basically, a thing you sell has to do what you claim it will, or it's refund time) however, one caveat to the Sale of Goods Act is that it doesn't cover digital downloads, which is one reason why buying the box is better.
UBISOFT will be concerned with protecting volume sales (probably casual buyers more than obsessives like us on this forum). It's that, which will likely determine how many patch iterations there will be, although I daresay slagging off the devs on this forum will not exactly endear us to them, or encourage them to give of their best in working out solutions either.
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