Ruger discounted the LCP before introducing the new LCP II. Discounts are all part of marketing.
Taking one new reviewers negative comments isn't an all around best practice when new guns come out. Most of us wait it out to see what's up. Take the CZ 10C - oops, the striker rotates and jams the gun. Other than that, it's ok. Now compare that to the P320, which may - or may not - discharge if it is dropped from four feet on the back of the slide. Which is less safe for you to carry daily as a personal defense gun?
I can find a lot of reviews excoriating or praising either. It's not a reviewers opinion that will eventually cause the owner to decide to keep or sell off the gun, tho. It's up to the owner, alone, and he alone makes a decision based on his priorities. Now, a rotating striker but which will cause a random jam, and in some cases, twice in the same magazine, vs a gun which requires you to lose your grip to drop it in that one way?
I can't decided that for you. What do you think about the new 2.0, have you handled it yet, do you own the previous model, have you compared them side by side, shot them, carried them, and then made up your mind based on your experience?
Life isn't lived going along with the "hive mind" and you are responsible for your own decisions. Make the most informed one you can and even then it may not work out to your satisfaction. I did that - the LCP was soooo cool, man, tiny little pocket gun. Nope, not for me. First, I found it didn't like shooting it and there are better guns just another ounce heavier. Second, pocket carry isn't my cup of tea - too much EDC in habitual places. Sold it. Got what the general public dislikes - a Kahr CW380, with a magnificent single action trigger, inherently better recoil absorption, great sites, I could go on. The LCP was not the cat's pajamas for me, after all. The jammomatic inconsiderate poor customer service cheap but overpriced Kahr was the better choice. I carry it 95% of the time I carry, and I have done it for days at a time on the beach, shopping, restaurants, crossing state lines (legally) etc.
You don't know what you like until you try it. And the best opinion delivered by the most experienced and grizzled gun reviewer ever can still be wrong. Ask Jim Zumbo or Hickock 45 'bout that. We make the best decision we can - or not - and live with it - or not. There are no guarantees.
One thing to keep in mind, an old saying: observe the masses, do the opposite.