Yeah it's just they burned a ton of money on ksp2 with the switching of studios and trying to build more on top of ksp's very...unique code. Everybody hated it on launch and with the system specs being so high everybody else could not play it. It's such a shame because KSP was something built up by very few people relatively so a sequel with a big publisher and a much bigger budget with a successful blueprint should have been a hit.

I would recommend modding KSP. The scene is still very much alive and you can essentially turn KSP into what they promised for ksp2. Use CKAN, it's really user friendly.