well, I was going to email arcade about pre ordering an AES2. but they have been getting on my bad side by rushing the NITD release,pricing most of the stuff they have in stock VERY high,and basicaly handling most of thier new ventures since the opening of thier website very slopily. the thing that kept me from pre ordering rigt away was the fact that there was no release date for the AES2.
I think that the release of this system can still happen in the future. and perhaps its a good thing that it is canned for now. better that than arcade getting sharted on A project like this when it can hurt them the most.