I don't think that one's a particularly likely scenario. It might be a mess on release, but since part of it has already came out, I think the rest of it will eventually follow. Whether it'll be playable in anything but singleplayer (and even that with a computer from the future) is another matter...
Of course, not that I care about that. I'm perfectly fine with a Wing Commander-style "interactive movie" campaign, as long as it's good. As far as I'm concerned, he could dump the whole MMO aspect, but with that kind of money, he doesn't exactly have any incentive not to waste some of it on that.