'... lack of graphics, change, and heavy UI development ...'

this is also a cheapskate way of concentrating on the development & lowering costs. Such cutting edge (performance wise) technology reminds me of the Mercedes Benz silver cars ~ http://tinyurl.com/2ufx36 ~ so called because they stripped back the paint to save pounds to enter Le Mons. In this case stripping back graphics to allow good scaling.

Thanks for the link.