I'll partly agree to the above in regards to the sales of these if they were original releases, in relation to the mess up, i feel they should have gone outside the box and used different artwork, not because its a mess, but because its not original
What makes a steelbook stand out (usually from experience) is that it has DIFFERENT artwork to the Amaray - as i type this and look at todays Batman arrivals, colour schemes are the same for Begins & Dark Knight but artwork is different, its what makes them standout.
I think thats what most people were expecting, something different, maybe better maybe not, but not an identical reproduction of a previous version, steel or not
Maybe my thoughts only i don't know, yes if these were the only versions available i'd buy em, but i doubt i'd look upon them in the same way as people looked upon the originals on day one