Why does luthier even bother?

[Rjel]

Originally Posted by Chivas

Personally I'm very happy they sold me an "alpha" with the prospect of the sim being finished rather than cancelling the project. If they told us it was an "alpha" or "beta" there wouldn't have been enough copies sold to finance further work.

I do think those types of business practices are deceptive to say the least, whatever the product might be. While it might accomplish the short term goal of continued development, it might well sacrifice long term repeat sales. Too many feel burned by this release to the point that they may or may not be back. Hopefully those of us who stick will be sufficient enough in numbers to ensure more releases. I would think Luthier knows that well enough to avoid any more public relation disasters.