Patreon and Paypal are trusted brands--financially. That's what is so hard to replace. It'll take time for another platform to build their brand.
Devs seem to think they can retain their fans better (in quantity) by remaining with Patreon. Short-term thinking on their part but not terrible because the longer term is so uncertain.
That is the issue at hand. And I agree. You know that Patreon will be there, but what you don't know is if 5 months from now they go full non-porn.
And the challenge with a new one is you don't know if they'll last. But I think if the big games go there, it will help solidify a new site. The challenge is that this new site really needs to pretty much be about porn. Whether that be amateur crowdfunded porn, or game development. Otherwise, it stands a chance of getting bought out by a big dog like a Patreon, and then as thus, the porn part of it gets shut down.
That's why if the bigger games and their developers go to a new platform, they should do it together, thus they all bring legitimacy and potential, but if they go different ways, it'd be difficult for a bunch of new start ups to survive.
In the mean time though, I think MrDots really needs to concentrate on DmD. He's got his own webpage, and can likely and not difficultly set up a donation system thru PayPal. The game is big enough that he should be able to survive easily enough if he works on emailing all of his sponsors and retaining them.
