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Capitalism innovates, and the innovation is billions off the promise of maybe, someday, a game MIGHT come out!
Comparing this to how venture capitalists do their due-diligence before investing, and regularly check fundamentals and viability of their investment after that: In many aspects they serve as additional directors.
Star Citizen makes a good case-study for why regulation is needed when mass-markets are addressed: Individuals are not granted that insight easily, the power-gradient is extremely tilted.
Also, but that’s just me, the press should get serious and start the clock on every game once it’s collecting money from the public: Doesn’t matter if you call it beta, alpha, early release—after N years your grace period is up, a line drawn; review and score whatever is tangible.
Why bother waiting, review and score it the instant they're taking money from the public. Charging people to be your beta testers is a ridiculous tactic