I suggest everybody stay calm here.
This is all a matter of opinion and while the people which are arguementing against StarCitizen dont know how the final product will look like, the same can be said about the people which so desperately defend this project. The release and the months following it will show if this game has a future or if 500.000 ppl have just wasted their money (which actually happens pretty often).
Arguements like "half a million people cant be wrong" are in my eyes (and that is also just an opinion) a bit weak considering the +7 billion people which give a rats ass about the game. (im just saying)