You know, I read the threads quite often across the site, and this one of course, and one thing that comes up quite often is the complaints and whining about a common point in all the games here, whether they're VN, RPG, Unity, or other engines: the time required to design a game or other media. Many developers do this as a hobby, out of passion, or as a side job. Even those who build well-organized teams, which we could call professional teams, like production studios. For them, the job is no different from companies like Bethesda and other game and software developers.
The big difference is the marketing plan that generates, one, the resources for the development and publishing of the product, and two, the way the customer, the buyer, the player, pays for the product. Well-established companies market a finished product, and it is then distributed through commercial networks so that customers can purchase a finished product. The word "finished" can be questioned because updates, or DLC, are sold afterward, but the product is nevertheless finished; that is to say, the story is complete before it is sold.
This is the big difference between it and sponsorship of a product, which is paid in installments, by patrons, throughout development;
And it's clear that people in general, and particularly those who are interested in these products, like here on this site, are not reasonable.
They constantly complain that updates aren't released quickly enough, calling the developer a cow milkers, and at the same time, if the developer decides to move the plot forward quickly, the same people will complain that there isn't enough content, calling them scammers and lazybones. And the paradox becomes broader when it is people who don't pay a dim who call the Dev a scammer.
I, too, live in a society where consumerism is the cornerstone of the economy, and I, too, have become impatient. But given the choice between a product made quickly, in a hurry, and one whose essential appeal continues to grow... Guess which one I prefer? Let's not even talk about products that never reach the end of their creation, like those that are abandoned.
Perhaps with my last breath, I wouldn't have seen the end of this one, but like the rest of the things I value, I don't like it when it's finished, or when my glass is empty, so to speak. What can I say? Once an Epicurean, always an Epicurean
Have a good one you too, whatever the "one" would be for you.
PS: Oh and please everyone, I'm not targeting anyone in particular here, so spare me the outraged replies; I'm not here to judge anyone.