Yeah that's probably what's gonna happen.. I had just decided to be a bit more optimistic and see how e5 and e6 play out.
Here is what I'd like to discuss though... WW on various occasions has mentioned how long e4 is taking and that this won't always be the case. I am sure u r aware of this. (I could point out where he said it and share it here .. but i am not, cuz i am guessing u already know, also cuz its gonna take a bit of work.)
There was a post almost half a year ago now i think ...where WW mentioned he could do 3 episodes a year (i dont believe this either.lol.) if he focused on quantity not quality. Or just 2 if he focused on quality.
So.. are you saying that WW is in for a rude awakening ?
Sadly, the latter.
This isn't a dig on WW. I love his ambition. I admire his vision. I share his fetishes.... But I digress.
Simply because of the exponential rate of growth, WW literally will not be able to produce the AMOUNT of content in sub six months (much less four). I pointed this out to him directly months ago. Moreover, that doesn't even factor in dev burnout (happens to everyone no matter what in a multi year project), real life problems, starting a second game before finishing this one*, or the obsession complex so many artists fall into**.
I would LOVE to be proven wrong though.
But right now I'd rather WW took eight or even ten months, and figured out how to write a plot, inciting incident and antagonist/protagonist dynamic. Cause hands down, his plot written is entirely unworthy of the rest of this incredible game.
*Most successful devs do this, simply because the economics of AVNs require it. No judgement.
** Even no talent hacks get bit by this bug. They grow in skill as they get closer to finishing the work, and quickly become disgusted by the "poor" (relatively speaking) quality of their early work.