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Again I think we should not mix up development time and in game time. Both are important of course, one for keeping the patreon alive, the other for having a good finished game. But "1.5 years of blueballs" could mean anything in game, and a long wait in game could still be done after a month of development time. But I agree that the pacing in MotH was and still is absolutely great to satisfy me, but I only know it as a finished game.
Well, that will always depend on the dev - do they see their game just as a way of making money, do they just want to make the game they'd like to make, are they somewhere inbetween? This of course can change: you start making a game for its own sake and then realize the amount of money in it, or something the other way round.
Of course you are correct that there is a good percentage of people only here for the sex. Then again, there is another good percentage of people who like it embedded into a story or an actual game because otherwise they'd be watching porn instead. Anyway, personally I'd say a dev should find their niche and play to their strengths. Even though First Person Shooters sell better than Pinball Simulators, you can make a living creating the latter, and if every game were a FPS it would be boring. Akin to saying "Bud Lite is the best selling beer in the world, so every bar should only serve it" - there'd be a huge audience of people willing to pay for a beer more to their tastes.
Well, some like teens, others like milfs, others like a healthy mix. As for the "Stairway to Heaven" thing: yes, it is quite predictable within a game, but so is "let's fuck right here right now" and there is some kind of logical progression. Again, probably more a matter of personal preference.
The "porn aspect" certainly is a major selling point, but still not everybody wants to have "pure porn". And the perceived silent majority which always takes my side - well, nobody knows the percentages, do they? If we look at the most popular (in terms of average rating) games on this page, we have BaDIK, which I'd say is slow to balanced; Milfy City (quick), Summertime Sage (slow, story heavy), Harem Hotel (very quick), Dating my Daughter (aka "blueball simulator"), so there seem to be audiences for both sides. Oh, another game is there: Man of the House - I think we can assume Faerin will find his audience.
