Originally posted by Water:

Think about it, Would you keep working AFTER you've been paid just cuz?

If not because I liked making games and was encouraged to do so by people buying an early rendition of my game in mass, then I would keep working on it because my reputation as a game developer is at stake.

1. This game was released as a finish product for-profit

If so... so what? Players are clearly pleased with it. And everyone who purchased it did so with the understanding that the game and dev cycle is subject to change.

NOT to support the devs in active development cycles in the usual beta environment.

This doesn't follow. We'e already seen further development, so you're wrong here.

2. The developers do not value their own time around this game, or have moved on to other projects and want to slowly milk this.

What? Sales don't mean the value of the game has fallen and the devs don't value it or their time. The simplest explanation is marketing.

And we know by now that the devs don't like to reveal every minute detail of future updates. For some of us, this is awesome. They let the player explore what's updated instead of spelling it all out. Don't buy it if you don't like this kind of update.