They don't need to keep us informed about anything. All 2K learned is that there's a lot of whiny users here and on 2KSports forums that do nothing but biatch, pre and post patch.
What they really should do next year though is wait till the end of October to release the game, as well as involving the resources they have here at operation sports to help them QA their product. I do believe that many here would help them beta test this game, even if it doesn't mean getting the final game for free.