It will get the update. Why?
Because lots of users who bought the phone bought believing it will be updated , which It will. How would ics on the epic touch hurt the nexus. Your avg consumer doesn't play with these gadgets like most people around here. I witnessed a girl drop into sprint wanting the iphone 4s. Heart set. Ended up leaving with an evo3d. Why ? They were simply out of stock. Did the hero being froyo make the moment pointless. How bout that new phone running sense 3.0 pairing up with the 3d but 100 bucks cheaper. I forget its name. Point being its all what the consumer likes. They don't look at it the way you do. My family couldn't care less if their phone is on gingerbread or ics or hell froyo even. Both phones have their differences. Nfc , os, screen sizes, and if you're into updates the gn comes with the biggest perk of all. However, I don't believe for one second updating the et4g to ics would be pointless. And it will update. I