[Jochim]

I bought a copy in late 2016. At the time CIG were running their "Answer the Call" campaign. At the previous year's citizen con they'd announced Squadron 42 would be coming out in 2016. When I bought in I figured even if they don't make the 2016 release window how long a wait could it possibly be, given they'd committed to 2016? Well, it's been 6 years and the email updates indicate that they're still working on extremely rudimentary features. They're nowhere near wrapping up something that was apparently a year away from release 6 years ago.

CIG later announced they'd be creating what is effectively a Battlefield clone called Theatres of War. Originally shown off at citizen con 2019, It's now been 2 years later and even that doesn't sound like it's coming any time soon.

CIG go beyond just giving bad estimates, they're persistently found to be outright lying about the state of the game and at the rate of progress they're making we'll probably be dead if it ever releases.

SC might not be an intentional scam, but if it isn't then the people running it are so incompetent that it might as well be.