Speaking for myself, my frenzied excitement comes from a combination of two things: the fact that I have a brief and precious holiday period ticking away when I could actually play the game, and the awful uncertainty of that percentage bar.

Actually, it's kind of like the way they get people hooked on slot machines at Vegas - we know that the game probably hasn't come out in the last five minutes, and also that it probably won't in the next five minutes, but it *might*!

..and, of course, after spending over a week at the metaphorical slot machines without a win, even the calmest person wants to chew off their own arm. Frankly, at this point I'd settle for another screenshot.