The fuck are you smoking? Maybe Rockstar can afford to spend 10 years making a game when they have the funds to do so? All people like you want is updates every month without even taking into consideration the costs involved into making a game. You think I've been working my ass off the last 10 years to spend it all onto a game? Most devs do this as a side-hustle or even as a passion project as I started out as. You can't expect people to spend 8 hours a day for free, can you? Do you go to work for free? People have families, bills to pay? How does the earnings formula "hurt" my game exactly? I quit my job for this, knowing full well I'd earn 50% less, because I love developing and creating stories. It's not like we're holding people at gunpoint, demanding their money. All money goes to the development of the game and for me to be able to do this as a job. It honestly boggles my mind how you think.
None of your arguments make any sense. Comparing 1-man porn game devs to fucking Rockstar, whose revenue is in the billions of dollars. The reason why most of us have a patreon, is to fund the development of the game. Or yeah, maybe you just want a completed quality game, but then again, with how you think, I doubt anyone would be able to meet your standards of quality. Shit takes time, you can't just expect stuff to appear out of thin air or as a solo dev to make the same amount of progress as a full team. But then again, I could hire more people, outsource the work like I already do, in order to speed up development, but if I don't have an income, how exactly am I supposed to pay these people? As I said, you have 0 clue what you're talking about.
Shame. on. you.
EDIT: I know this might come across as aggressive and if it does, I sincerely apologize. I know where you're coming from, as one of the reasons I decided to create a game, was because I was fed up with all my favorite games getting abandoned. I don't want to emotionally invest myself into a product, that will never see it's full potential. However, that being said, I've done everything in my power, since I started, to communicate on the progress every single week and be as transparent as I possibly can. Maybe in the future, you'll come to see that. I intend to finish this game.