I would agree with the indie dev pay..
But bro, what the hell are people paying for?
I've been watching this project for over a year now with absolutely no major updates that matter in anyway shape or form.
Not only that, but if a high paying customer is wondering wtf is going on, they immediately shut them down and remove their posts.. Which I've seen myself.
I usually don't get pissed off, but when I realized they made that much monthly... There's no way I can look at them as nothing less than scumbags
I don't agree with the indie Dev route, there's probably some guys out there who could spin a much better product with the millions Helius has had over the years. That kind of time and money, I'd expect someone to releasing a v1 and being THE porn game every is talking about (for positive reasons).
I forget the team's name, but you just have to look at the Dev team on Third Crisis, transitioned from making a okay 2D game to outputting a 3D game alongside their original product, and I bet they've not shat up communication or have as much money as Helius does.
I'm willing to bet the current situation at team PH is this, original Dev/Artist(s) who did most of the work has fucked off, asked for more money or realised they're worth more than what they were earning.
New people brought in for cheaper price or it's reverted to Helius doing this shit himself. Hence 14+ months of broken slow updates.
But I would say that's assuming no malice but the shit communication to the people paying you all this money is a joke.
I feel bad for the people who play the demo, then jump through their silly system to get a beta key and realised they've been ass fucked. No remorse for those funneling him money month after month however.