Hi, guys!
Thanks for being calm! The new SSMS 2 is worth waiting for! It is better to have the SSMS 2 released virtually bug-free than have the SSMS 2 released early and found out that the SSMS 2 is buggy!
Cheers,
Vincent
Vinny with all due respect, this is all pure speculation. Due to lack of communication we do not know if delays are to eliminate bugs. We do not know if the final release will be bug free. We do not know how far along in the process they are. We do not know if it will ever be released. We do not know much of anything.
I second this. If development time had a direct correlation with stability and polish, then Duke Nukem Forever would not have been as terrible as it ended up.
In software development, if you wait too long, you can get into this vicious cycle where you work for so long, then technology changes, then you have to switch engines, and the thing never makes it out the door. This is what happened for a long time to DNF, and there is good reason to believe this is what happened with Half Life 2: Episode 3.
That being said, I would very much look forward to SSM2, and in today's current gaming climate, they could go the crowdfunding route if they so chose. However the expectation to that is to give early access, beta access, and regular updates on the development.
I hope we get to see such things happen.