Honestly, I can't place all the fault at Bethesda's feet here. I'm partially to blame for this as well, after all.
You'd think that after experiencing all the garbage that happened with Oblivion, Fallout 3, and New Vegas, I'd have learned my lesson. I suppose I thought that the fourth times the charm? Or perhaps after all that previous experience with sub-standard releases, game crippling bugs, and DLC issues, they'd be anticipating something of this magnitude - or at least the possibility of it happening, and plan accordingly.
So yes, technically I'm at fault as well for buying another Bethesda game for my favourite system.