He's already dragged most of his base along for the Eric ride so...... It is what it is. He's said the Eric route will continue a little longer so....... Yay.
Take this analogy have you ever seen a tree with branches larger than its trunk? I'm not sure about you but I'd travel to what ever country to see that because it will not be something normal. Branch are generally shorter than the tree and small than the trunk. Same principle. Eric's branch elongating to me is not natural and risk the tree toppling. As for your reward you play to the end of your branch get your ending and move on. Play more branches for more ending s but the main story (trunk) goes on.
Edit: Sorry
kgirlffx didn't tap reply. My bad
I understand the idea behind what you're saying, and on the angle of what is best for the overall story, it might be best to end the Eric path. I won't argue that having multiple branching paths that go in wildly different is not a very good idea for a small or one-man team.
I'm not even arguing against Eric being cut. Seriously. I'm not. What I am arguing is how it has been cut and ended.
The Dev cut the route with no payout for any of the women on the Eric path. That is not an ending. That is a bait and switch. IF the Dev takes a patch or two to focus on and actually resolve the NTR route, have some Eric-Path Lisa and Alice NTR, and then something happens to cut him, so be it. Then we got our route and it ended with Eric winning the battle, but losing the war.
He had his way with the women, we get NTR, but he flew too high too fast and fell to earth for it. You can even have it be something like where he has sex with Alice and Lisa, and that action is enough for Max to push the Mother into curbing his ass. Bam, most people would be happy.
The issue though is that anti-Eric/NTR people would not be okay with that. They want all new content to be their content only. So if you're fine with us NTR people getting a real ending and payout, then sure, kudos. Our game ends, yours keep going. No harm, no foul.
I am not expecting that though. I am expecting no new NTR with the women, and to have Eric get bounced before any payout. Then the story just rolls on like he never existed. That's just bad storytelling, on all fronts, and it is a massive betrayal of trust to people who played the game or supported it and took the NTR path.