Pre-release built’s leak and other information can harm early sales, preorders, if this game is a buggy mess at that point - that won’t be true at the set date - but it still harms it’s perception. There’s much creative and business control to lose. Especially since they announced Insomniac’s release dates for the next decade the can’t now be walk back as easily.

Paying a ransom would be stupid, but it’s still some harm in disclosing info they weren’t ready to release.