does steam let you hold off on updates?
I never patch immediately. O/S or other very importnat and essential security patch? sure... driver or game patch no way... don't do it.
let the other monkeys iron out the kinks and frustration. I don't buy a game to do debugging work for them... that's like volunteering for an extra year of auditing before you get your CPA.
i.e. work no one wants to do. it's not fun. it's not rewarding. it likely makes you angry at some point and drives you to alcohol or some other vice of preference.
an small company game like ootp, i understand even though i won't contribute much out of principle. however big companies play this game too... while both can probably afford not to in the first place, one is way more greedy than the other. (hint: it's not the "mom and pop" store equivalent)