It comes down to more than just "was the update good" and if so, then "that's all that matters". Sure, an update that takes 6 months to release may turn out phenomenal... but that doesn't change the fact that the dev doesn't really give a shit. You're lying to yourself if you think he doesn't intentionally milk the pledges for an extra few months. I think a lot of people misinterpret criticism as solely on the game itself and not on the developer's behavior too, and then take an offense to it. The whole purpose of the criticism is because you want to see better... and more importantly, we want to see better because WE CARE.