Here is the real point.
GM knew when the 8 speeds were going to be available, as I have read about them in the works for a while. Why not wait to release the 2015's with the 6.2 to accommodate ALL of these new features and present a total package? To add features as a 2015.5 mid year change is ludicrous.
It was a half ass roll out of their high end vehicles (Escalades & Denali's). For them to even put the 6 speed in some, but not all, shows their lack of planning and forethought. For those that already bought one, or ordered one, and to now have an "outdated" model is ridiculous.
And the ridiculous prices not help their case either.