2.2 is an update and what I did read here in the forum, it's free. It contains fixes to the current game plus extra content.
Version 3 though will be no update but a new game. And yes, that is something you have to buy. It's just like (lets say) Forza racing game for the X-Box: updates are free, the new game you have to buy.
And be honest: the price of this game is extremely low (not that that has to change ofcourse

) and the amount of time that is put into it more then justifies the fact that a new version must be bought and yes, that might be a bit more then the current $9