Before release, Hello Games said that the game was multiplayer, but the universe was so incredibly large that no two players could ever find each other. They did, within a couple days of release. The players couldn't see each other.
Hello Games encountered a lot of hardship during development. Their studio actually flooded towards the end of development so they lost a lot of data. But that doesn't excuse lying.
I feel like that was similar to when Elon musk announced that Tesla had a buyer. Turned out to not be the case, and he got in trouble for it. But I don’t think that either he or Sean Murray intended to Deceive. They just got too far ahead of themselves on what they expected to happen. but you are right, that still does not make it right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8P2CZg3sJQ
Hello Games encountered a lot of hardship during development. Their studio actually flooded towards the end of development so they lost a lot of data. But that doesn't excuse lying.