I don't know what one should feel about this. I don't believe shareholders should ever be able to sue, because it is always a gamble in this situation no matter the product in question.

Then why not let everyone that pre-ordered the game get their money back? They were promised everything the share holders were promised.  We all took a chance, and thought it was going to be awesome.  Everyone got screwed except for EA/DICE right off the bat.  People invested to make money, and they lost money.It happens all the time.  Buying stocks is a dangerous game. Investing in an unproven product is an even more dangerous game.  People invest and buy into the schemes all the time and lose money.  Rarely do they get it back.  
 
With hearing that BF3 had a rocky launch (I wasn't around internet where I could play multiplayer at all, so I didn't get to play until 7 months after the release), what made people think that BF4 would be better knowing that EA was rushing it? 
 
Hardline is supposedly releasing a new Beta, after revamping the game to move away from the BF4 expansion pack feel.. I still won't buy into that, because EA has it's greedy hands in the pot. Maybe after release, but it will be at least a month after before I take that chance.  

Apparently the shareholders had an ineffectual legal team.