Really? Case in point: Any mayor corporation ever. Sony, Microsoft, EA, name anything. They don't tell you anything, much less anything you might want to know. What they do instead is lie through their teeth, hypeing the next product (Killzone, Halo2, Madden'06) well beyond actual values. And there is a significant difference between useful information, and hyped up press statements. Personally I'm glad BRL respects us enough to not hire a spindoctor to lie to us.
Spindoctor or not, you will note then that M$, Sony, and EA are in fact keeping their customers informed on a regular basis. Their market analists and business consultants are obviously doing their jobs. People may not be happy with the end result not being what they were told, but at least the users (customers) can plan on buying little Johnny the next killzone for Christmas or whatever. At least others can plan their lives accordingly and simply modify the schedules from there on out.
I am not saying lieing about a product is good, but based on the topic of this thread, M$ and other are still communicating with their customers. The only reason they bloat their communications with hype is because thats what the gamming community desires. BRL users on the other hand can usually see through hype and assertain the true nature of how the product can help them individually. So in some matters, BRL's communication line is much easier and involves less pre-rendered cinimatic sequences. They don't need to prepare a press conference, they dont need to do anything other than say "hey, the date is going back by a month or 3 because of some issues we're having, thanks for the dedication everyone!" or "sorry everyone, I'm taking the week off, I need to realign my vision and grab a pint".