This is an interesting topic with some valid points being made from both angles.

Although new to Game Studio i can relate to what people here are saying. They clearly have time-frames set up for the development of this update, and possibly need to be more public regarding their progress towards the community. The good folks here in the forum are all (hopefully) paying customers, most of which have projects running themselves which will potentially be affected by this update. The price for upgrading (although very reasonable) can be a big investment for small software companies / freelancers.

I myself am sat thinking... shall i wait before i upgrade my A6 or go ahead and buy risking the chance that A7 could be released soon.

I'm guessing Conitec are to offer existing customers the opportunity of a very reasonable upgrade price?

A blog isn't really an option but would be really nice. Just a few words... "today we're gonna attempt this...", "damn it didn't work! We'll try again tomorrow". It bonds a community. Who knows, maybe somebody within the community has the knowledge to solve problems Conitec experience.

I dunno, i'm just a newbie.
M