Guys you just don't get it. It doesn't matter what CIG do, it's a good thing. No matter what. Anything that seems bad will be promptly reinterpreted so it's always been the plan and it's always been good. We have always been at war with Eastasia.
Oh we're all fully aware of that.
And ironically, CGI is seriously one of the most money grubbing games I've ever seen in my life.
Blatant whale hunting with absurdly priced ships
Pay-to-win "alpha testing" for a game which isn't free
Free to fly weeks and temporary REC progression to promote and incentivize buying of ships
Optional subscription service
Microtransactions for credit and other crap
Basically they use every trick in the book to try and get money out of their players. In an ALPHA test. And the idea that they're "Testing the game" and yet most of the games content is locked to most players most of the time is absurd. How the **** do you test content when said content is only flown a small percentage of the time?
Funniest thing is when people say that the game should be better than it is, people tell you it's "early development". If you ask them how two-three years after the kickstarter is early development, they'll compare their game to GTA V or Fallout 4. If you talk about gray boxing or the wanton waste of replacing models they'll say you don't know anything about game dev. They've said that all the ships will be unlocked for Arena when some Baby PU comes out, but it's a sure thing I think that the PU will have some sort of mechanic in place to incentivize people buying better ships.
And the funny thing is. Star Citizen is being built through the use of projected funds. It is literally being funded while in what is essentially early access. Under that light, Star Citizen's development isn't comparable to Fallout 4 or the Witcher 3, but instead it's comparable to Space Base DF9. And if the money stopped today, you'd probably see the same result.