It's the case that the notorious "slow burn" was a major reason that kept me 'loyal' to AWAM, from PD2 in 2017 or 18, up until the time that there was no game left to play from my POV & the story had become totally incest-driven & Dylanised. I'd played plenty of fuck them all, right, left & centre games & had had enough. They soon become boring. There were & still are many games catering for basic porn tastes. I would say it's a case of being "spoiled for choice." There's still a need for more variety, despite the huge volume of 3D games.
AWAM was initially publicised as being different & was, back then, presented in the guise of a story that had gone to the next level. I was foolish enough to believe that it might even be written with an observable adult take on the 3D game, rather than the simplistic outlines of stories that are often presented & to which AWAM has regressed.
Contrary to the apparent received wisdom, penetrative sex does not signify the end of a good erotic story. That is so, unless the fan(s) in question were just waiting for their favourite 'hero' to ejaculate into the object of his & their desire. Really good erotic (& even basic porn) stories, usually improve once the real sex has started. After 5 years in development, (at the time of Sam's bedroom event), it would not have been unreasonable to have the scene culminate in actual sex, rather than another, (more effective than a cold shower), art lesson.
At the time there was much talk, abetted by the Dev, about a race of some kind between Dylan & Sam. It was an abysmally low point in AWAM's progress, from my POV. I'm sure it came into play when deciding not to take Sam's scene to a logical conclusion. Anyone who thinks that a supposedly frustrated, educated, mature, accomplished & beautiful woman, (20 years of marriage & now no sex for weeks, oh the anguish), would turn first to her own son for sex, presumably has limited sexual experience & knowledge. Dylan will not be 'the first,' though it's very likely that he'll win his puerile 'race' with Sam IMO, if only to please his fans. We know L&P has chosen to cater mainly for Dylan fans, which must make business sense.
I don't gamble anymore but my money would be on Andy, in swinger mode, to break down the barrier. He has the advantage of not dragging behind him a huge, vociferous, passionate & sometimes near-hysterical fan following. He's as near to neutral as a first extra-marital bedroom partner for Sophia can get. Afterwards, following a series of HJs, then BJs, which will take several years of event-based updates to get through, all her non-lesbian lovers are likely be teenagers, judging from a cast of teens as big as that of a '60s beach movie.
Also, contrary to a widely-held & vocalised opinion within AWAM fandom, not everyone wishes to see Sophia corrupted to the state of a shag them all slut. That's all been done many times before at a much faster pace & is just sloppy, unoriginal, lazy storytelling. (It should have gone out of 3D game fashion years ago). AWAM's current trajectory, however, does, by no means, rule that out. Slut lovers will just have to wait 20 or 30 years to see if it occurs.