the Alpha didn't have an option for the FSX menu music like 2020 does, or any music option at all. That automatically makes 2024 bad at launch /sarcasm

the new music in 2024 is nice, but I want my FSX theme lol

1 hour ago, Abriael said:

In modern development, even when a game "goes gold" (IE: the code is actually "locked down" which isn't the case because it would be announced) work continues in earnest on the day-one update. Developers aren't required to twiddle their thumbs for two months while the disks are being printed anymore, so whatever Jorg may have said or meant with that mention of the code, it doesn't mean what you think it means and it doesn't prove anything you're trying so desperately to prove by waving it around like the flag of doom and gloom. 

Unfortunately this shifting norm has also resulted in a lot of games shipping with obvious/gamebreaking bugs because of a patch pushed 48 hours before release, so double-edged sword.

Agree though all of this conjecture is just about meaningless.