I haven't heard anyone saying this (I havent checked 672 pages...) but maybe....
He scammed his team as well and gave them peanuts for basically writing and putting together this game and they just abandoned him because they didn't get paid, but what they didn't realise was he didn't care either way, probably just moved his timing up a few months and started the scam then lol, he still had a lot of shots to use that he could angle and give out so called polls to lengthen his scam and then hoped for the best.
nearly 3 years later and I bet even he didn't think it would go on this long but he's stronger and wiser now and the game is literally just beginning lol I mean he actually believed his excuse to redo the whole game to 'better' the game and storyline so he could continue this, He was confident his plan would work to continue this farce and by god I'd say he's succeeded in his plan for the time being lol what a joke!!
He created a game that should of tripled his strongest patreon monthly income with this release and his 'plans' or act II and maybe even act III, but because of his dealings with his previous team that was doing all the work but gaining the least rewards altered this projection, so he's taken what he could get for as long as he can get it.
All speculation on my part but from the looks of it, it could be a real right?