User blog comment:Tupka217/Rumor roundup/@comment-5145408-20121018041618

I suspect the answer isn't a DC issue but a CN thing. Sure, there is a gimmick (the birthday) but running older programming that is CN produced is probably cheaper and thus that option became more appealing, or something like that...

This is just my guess based on nothing else other than the fact that CN is a company and thus the answer is typically "follow the money to get your answer"