A8 was the only way they'd get some money in their pockets thats all... to be honest i dont even see why people are buying it and its incomplete, though i do see alot of useful features, i think we can all agree that it couldve been added to A7... theres no SIGNIFICANTLY different feature that makes the versions standout, unless you count physX

now, i in no way want to hate on the engine but personally its obvious that 3dgs is slowly dying, keyword: "slowly", look at this what happened to me:

[in class, logs on to 3dgs site]
teacher: hmm, what a ugly site, you need to change how it looks, its just horrible
me: ahm, its not mine, its the gamestudio site
teacher: oh..

That alone tells you what others first impressions are, lame gallery, no videos? wtf?, lame 2d work, lame presentation.