It’s pretty clear to me that this dev has absolutely never been in a business decision-making position.
No matter how good his “project” is, his business attitude will doom it, rather he knows it or not.
To put it in a “real world” business perspective, it’s like buying an apartment that is still in its building phase, while the construction company of said building warns you that if they can’t sell all apartments before it is done, they will abandon the project… Who in their right state of mind would invest in such a thing?
There’s a finite amount of money each of us can invest in this “hobby”, and so many talented artists and devs out there. It’s really hard, at least for me, to forfeit someone else for this, when the dev himself has this kind of “business practice”, which feels more like a threat, and not how it should be: building trust between him and his patrons.
I was a patron in PI for a long time. Not going to happen here. Not because of the fact he abandoned his last project (it happens), but because of how he is “doing” this one as well.
Oh well, lots of other pretty good fish in this pond, so no worries. But it is still a shame. With the right mindset and patience, this dev would probably thrive…
