I don't get his way of thinking.
Bugtesting is annoying. Everytime you think you found the last one , ten more pop up. He said before that a total rebuilt would solve a lot of problems with implementing new content.
At this point it must be obvious that his patrons are more or less ok with delays, no matter how long.
It should be a no-brainer he could say that there will be a 2 to 4 month hiatus in which he will rebuilt the game from the ground up and hopes for their continued support. As a reward for the long wait he could finish Wonder Woman's cell content. One of the recent builds had a month extra added to it and his patrons were ok with it. So what's a month extra...