This is nonsense. Like
armion82 said, L&P makes WAY more than $3k. L&P's made more than $7k+ back in 2019 with only 900 subscribers at the time.
5 years? That "long run" you're talking about is not 5 years, it's currently around 34 years considering a single PD takes ~2 years of development with 17 more PD's left. So even if he'd hire someone and cut the time in half, we'd still be looking at 17+ years of development. Calling even that a "long run" would be an understatement. That's centuries in the world of game development, so to speak.
L&P would easily have twice as many subscribers by now if it wasn't for the fact that this game will likely never be completed. That is a major turnoff for anyone looking to support a project. Why would I waste my money on something that is barely progressing, knowing it will never be finished anyway? I've done it years ago, and stopped doing it when I realized that this isn't going anywhere. Many people here can tell you the exact same story.
Add to that L&P's character, his arrogant attitude, his lies and contradictions, broken promises....and so on. All things considered, you'd surely come to the conclusion that the reason for his rather "low" number of patrons is not about the fetishes he provides with this project.
But you are certainly right implying one thing; He won't deliver any faster.
Oh, maybe L&P should stop telling his supporters about hiring people to speed up development then...you know, for the past 4+ years? He's not gaining anything by doing that either. He's only losing trust, credibility, faith...whatever you wanna call it. And he's basically lost all of it already, atleast when it comes to 99% of people on this platform of which many are former patrons.
