I've corrected your factual error:
There's this young male shepherd right, and he runs into town screaming that he's seen a wolf one of these days a Wolf will come.
It doesn't matter how many times or over how long a period he does this, eventually he will be right.
On a more serious note: do you really believe that with just a bit more time and money they'll be able to make an MMO game good enough to release so as not to rely on ship sales any more ? !!!
I don't believe ship sales will end. Not a chance. No company shoots their cash cows. Starter packs and new concepts will continue to be sold I reckon. Squadron will sell some copies, anywhere from a few thousand to a few million, no idea. The big cast could draw quite a few sales, who knows, maybe it will be a decent game too...
Even half a million sales at $60 is some significant amounts, so it'll be interesting to watch.
I'm still waiting for the oft touted increase in content release for SC, maybe one day it'll speed up enough to keep them afloat. Squadron is so important, can't blame them taking their time on it.