True for SC but in the end the released game counts. If I look at Sc the devs promising the BDSSE + AAAA+ and survival mechanics, single player campaign, 100 star Systems, VR Support, Sata Ball, Subsumption AI, Pool Billard pooping and Toilette mechanics. I think I missed a lot of promises. They shipped within a decade zero games so far. My personal opinion is that CR knows that he never could get all these promises into the game but he keeps the dream going. Therefore I consider SC as a scam in the end. That maybe is the reason some SC fans hiding behind the alpha state and fear a release. From the standpoint of CR Sc is already in early access and the MvP was delivered with the stop of the refunds.Real devs don't release games though. Always better to let people believe games will be whatever they want them to be. Then you can't be held accountable for what you have released.