How many times have they released an update and then a few days later they've released an additional update with a couple fixes and tweaks that were needed? Or when something they said was coming wasn't ready at the last minute so they had to pull it?
Both have happened before, so I think that shows that work on updates continues right up until the very last minute. We also simply have no idea if they have delayed entire updates for similar reasons when they caught problems, for days or even weeks if they needed to. They may well know at Frontier that they ARE going to release something, but the final date remains in question until quite late in the process. If they say there's an update coming, you know darn well there will be an avalanche of questions as to WHEN???, and a bunch of people unhappy that no date is given, just as there would be an even greater problem if they stated a date and then the update was delayed.
Yes, I agree that it would be wonderful to hear an outline in general terms of Frontier's future plans for the game, but it's also possible that those future plans might change, or they may include plans that some people may not like and perhaps cause them to hold off on making purchases now...if you knew that a PC2 was planned for the end of the year would you be so quick to shell out money for more PC dlc that might not work in it? Would a person new to the game and interested in buying PC hold off even purchasing it if they knew a new, improved one was on the way? What about if Frontier's plans go in another direction and they just plan to end creating dlc at some set point down the line? Would that not also affect sales now? What if they don't plan on adding water rides, or tweaking park management? Those things may well change some people's minds on continuing to support the game, would they not? There's a lot of people who agree that there's still things in the game that need to be fixed or adjusted, but there's not a lot of people really vocal on that issue, so it doesn't affect sales because most people aren't bothered to the same degree. That's just a fact. Why would Frontier go out of their way to announce long-range plans that might bring on a more vocal segment, with more complaints, which may well affect sales, not only of PC, but of any future updates for it or anything else this franchise might include in the future?
Frontier is a successful business, they aren't ignoring us just because they don't care. They may not say some things because they do care, about the franchise, it's sales and the community that supports both, which is exactly what a company is supposed to care about. We shouldn't look at things just from one point of view on this...
