No different than the bartender AI, defecation, elevator UI, etc. It's a smoke screen to serve as an illusion of "healthy" development. It's a means to sell more ships.
No one will buy ships for a game that will never exist, but they will for a game that they "believe" will eventually exist.
No one will buy ships for a game that will never exist, but they will for a game that they "believe" will eventually exist.