Well the game will surely have 327 updates after it gets released, just like Warband had.
They need to make sure the game is finished and with minimum or no game bugs, otherwise they should wait and take their sweet time for releasing the game.
[Edited by HonestGamer, 5/3/2011 10:10:11 AM]
Actually, that's not the case. The original game was their first to retail, and was based off a universally buggier beta. Warband implemented a lot of pretty crazy changes, and as a result took a bit of updating.
Fire and Sword is based off the latest version of Warband, so it benefits from all their previous work on the franchise.
Well that is something good to know.