How does he know that making an average quality game with faster dev cycle and story progression would make him more money? Is he arguing by analogy to some game?
If you look at f95zone, you'll see many games with fast progression, lots of sex scenes, and average graphics quality.
And you can see that several games with good graphics quality (by standards) have had their development halted.
Many singers appeal to their fans with their sexiness.
Drama producers include sex scenes even if they are not related to the story.
That doesn't mean everyone will succeed.
But if they don't do that, the probability of failure definitely increases.
(Probability of not receiving attention)
That's why many games, many dramas, and many singers include sex in their content.
Among porn games that are 7 years old, how many of them have no sex scenes and have slow story progression and development periods, and how many are commercially successful?
When it comes to porn games, it's a very common reaction for people to want porn content and demand fast progression.
Especially when the game is old and this developer have modified some of the scenes and modified the modeling of the characters.
Also, if this game is old and this developer confesses that he is confused about the character's names and is having a hard time dealing with the shit he has made.
Also, if this developer gets bored with the MC and tries to change it.
Also, if one-off events and abandoned content continue to occur in the game.
It's natural for people to advise this developer that it would be better to finish the current project quickly and create a new project.