I think, we better keep a splash screen.
I've lauched 15 days already.
So far, no one complians about GE Splash Screen. No one.
Besides, if you can make a good game and can sell. USD$99 is nothing.
Personally, I want to keep the GE splash screen to draw people to join and buy
Game-Editor.
Then, if people buy Game-Editor. Mak and Akr can survive with selling GE
which is fair for them.
Hiring the art to make your artwork, it will cost at least USD$100 already.
Game Salad also charges you USD $1999 ( One thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Nine)
For the pro version, you can remove a splash screen.
Besides, Game Slad is the very bad game engine. Lot of Lot bugs.
Moreover, GE offers you already.
If you want to make it for fun , you can go without License.
Then, If you want to do for a commercial, you just pay USD$99 which is
very cheap comparing to Game Salad/ Torque/ and etc.