- Oct 3, 2017
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Releasing the public earlier wouldn't stop people from leaking it even earlier. No matter what everyone, including those that pay, will always have to wait a month between releases. You can pay the highest tier support, you'll still have to wait another month to play the next release. You can pay the second highest tier, and your still going to wait a month between releases. N_Taii could change the public to 2 weeks after the 5$ tier, you're still going to wait a month. With the only major difference here being that those that wait for the public don't have to pay for their release.Personally my view on the release system is that public releases should not be a full month behind the lowest tiered release. I can't claim to know what effect it would have on subscription numbers but I'd probably put the public release two weeks after the $5 tier. That way you're still giving subscribers a reason to feel like they're subbing for a reason, but the public release is still available without too large of a wait. It would also discourage some people, but not all of course, who might leak the updates. Honestly, it feels like the ones that have the larger gaps between patreon and public releases that suffer the most when a leak happens. Turning the Page, an NTR themed visual novel, is another patreon project that I know has suffered on months where someone leaks the patreon update early. The dev actually posted in the game thread recently saying that ten days was how long it took the leak last time and that seems to be the sweet spot for damage to their patreon numbers in terms. That leads me to believe that an earlier public release could be figured out that would cause fewer supporters to drop out but also potentially bring new supporters in due to more people being able to play the game more quickly.
N_Taii engages with his support base pretty well, so more public players could be a good thing for his numbers, I'd also like to a see a discord server.
On that note... any of y'all artistic? Might not be a bad idea to whip up some signatures so we can "advertise" for lack of a better term.
There's no actual longer stretch of time. The only increase in time between releases would be due to delays for unforseen circumstances or increase in workload. Lets say if the public was released a week after the 5$ tier. What's to stop someone from moving the goalpost and saying N_Taii could find a sweet spot for damage control by moveing up the public even earlier. Nothing. Hell what's to stop someone from using that thought process and leaking it even earlier. Nothing. People feel entitled to getting things for free and immediately. So releasing the public earlier wouldn't stop these demands to have it. Someone will always come along to justify leaking something. Even when they still get it for free.