Im going to sleep in aorund 10 mins , reply if you ' re here . EDIT going to sleep now <| sep |> I agree they won ' t generate many new sales releasing this update . Although , doing so is the best move they can make at this point . They need to save face as much as possible before the community would ever consider buying a new HG title . If they were to just walk away from NMS and announce a new game the backlash would likely include cries of Ponzi scheme , scam , etc . Gaming sites would echo the community HG Abandons NMS Customers , Uses Revenue For New Game . We would collectively go apeshit all over again . By releasing this update , HG can at least say , We f ' d up and we know that . We ' re doing everything we can to make good on NMS and attempt to regain your trust . It ' s a tall order , but it ' s the only way to salvage the company after such a huge failure . Another thought Perhaps the ASA false advertising investigation was gaining momentum and HG is updating the game in order to meet some agreedupon compliance to have it dropped . I can ' t find any recent updates on this matter so this is purely speculation on my part .