almost 7 months and these guys are not even dropping a release date or even saying we are close ....
honestly after the last lackluster update the best course of action would be to work your ass off and over deliver. This makes up to the fans who will know you're not taking the feedback lightly and earns back trust. Lots of AVNs and their devs always forget that you almost have to 'earn' the right to do insanely long update cycles, popularized by DPC and other big devs unfortunately.
A solid body of work needs to be established so fans won't feel a lengthy content drought. This means that you have to have routes and replay value as well as enough fan service for enough Li's. Momentum is super important especially in the early parts of the game. Your first 3-5 updates should aim to hit home runs which sadly summer heat has failed to do consistently.
I would've hope for a release date by now considering how little the last update had to show for. Should northpx take any longer it'd better be worth the wait which in most cases isn't since our expectations only get higher the longer development takes.