Apples and oranges, can't compare video game designing and article writing. There are always bugs in games, more time means more time to fix them, to fully develop features, etc. look at how unpolished and unfinished mass effect 3 felt compared to the first two where EA gave them a tighter deadline, or KOTOR 2 when MS told obsidian it needed to be out in a year. You really think rockstar delayed gta v and isn't improving it at all and it will be the same product if not delayed?
News paper writers have more than one project at a time, they are always thinking of the next one; a development team has ONE job to focus on, NCAA team doesn't have to worry about say madden or FIFA.