thats the good thing about having money ahead of time.. they have the money so they dont need to rush to release something to get more money to continue to develop their game. most companies seem to be using the "i got a little monies to make half a game but im gonna hype it up and pre-sell to get more monies to hopefully finish developing the game and then if it does well we keep developing"

It seems like star citizen is getting built the old school way where they just do their thing at their own pace and dont really worry too much about the crowd pressure. I know a lot of people dont like blizzard but they have always been good at making games this way.