Personally, I couldn't care less if the game were leaked before my package comes in the mail. If customers get upset about that they have a lot of growing up to do before they understand the world is a big bad place. Couldn't we just pirate it along with the rest anyways? It's not as if we haven't paid for the game so it's not truly piracy anyhow. At any rate piracy is a good thing, it means more people play your game and ultimately more sales.
Why would a game disc that needs an update be a problem? Why would the update have to be forced via DRM? Users can have the choice to play the game buggy or download an update...I don't see an issue.