Maybe I'm being optimistic here but, Couldn't it also be that they have a list of priorities that they are focusing on first, and then leaving everything else until those are done... and perhaps people just lack the kind of patience it takes to develop such a complicated game?
Star Citizen is up to how many years in development already?
9 years, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Citizen
And they still have an amazing amount not yet done...