[gdulli]

If they have an audience already willing to give them money, why wouldn't they keep that going indefinitely?

What changes if they release a game? The reviews will inevitably not live up to inflated expectations.

And the other change would be that they'd have to start giving a relatively predatory cut to Steam. Compared to their payment processor or crowdfunding platform fees now.

[klipt]

Yeah, reminds me of the Silicon Valley quote about how revenue is never enough and it's better to be a "pre-revenue" pure play.

Star Citizen is a "pre-product" pure play.