Twelve years and $700 million later, what's going on with Star Citizen's development?

Other ideas to fund Star Citizen, including more ships at higher prices, will not surprise those familiar with the game’s development. However, one potential oddball is a third game in development themed around a medieval fantasy. Sources said that the details of the project are slim, but it is a means for CIG to release more than just one style of game, they said. Nevertheless, whether or not the backers of Star Citizen want their money to fund a fantasy game is a question for another time, as is how long the game will take to develop.

So they're making a standalone medieval fantasy game in order to make a science fiction game.