ok like i get that v6 its coming out when its done, but like why did we not get a release date for v6? i just dont get it.
As simple as it can be, I can understand why some people don't see how we can't nail a release window. So I'll do you a favor and put it as simply and concise as I can, this might be repetitive but it's more summative, so this'll help!
Modern Sonic is a passion project worked on by a whole bunch of functional, job-working adults, which means there's VERY little freetime and motivation to be working on something like this. So progress is done at a non-standard, unpredictable rate, it just happens whenever it is felt like it can be done. Trying to set a deadline or set date for things to be complete is ambitious, and can overwork or burnout those working on it! To ask for a release date means you're asking to crunch everyone working on it!
Now what is crunching? Crunching, by definition, is compulsively working on a project for extreme hours (say 13-16 hours a day) for an extended period of time (typically 2-3 weeks and beyond). Doing this can destruct both the quality and the mental/physical health of those working on it. Forcing people to work on a passion project, unpaid, while having to work an actual job, and live their lives is extreme.
Please be more considerate of what is going on outside of the team's lives' outside of development, and remember that everyone is a person just like you!
I really hope this is the last time I'll have to acknowledge this, kaz out!