It's strange to me how much pleasure some folks take in seeing the abandoned tag.
I certainly don't take
pleasure in any game I like being tagged with this. But on the other hand a dev that is disrespectful to fans with continuous delays and excuses-that-fail-to-hold-up-over-time deserves to get this tag at some point.
Either
(a) it correctly labels the situation or
(b) may push a distracted/disinterested dev to finish and release
something just to show they are still working and get the tag (and the black mark on their reputation) removed.
I follow a bunch of threads and don't mind unfollowing those where the powers at be finally determine that a dev is not acting in good faith with fans.