There's earning a living and there's just not giving a shit about what your doing anymore. If steam told him to make the game PG13 he would do it because his fans wouldn't go anywhere and they would support him even with the change.Gotta play devil's advocate here for a bit.
If there is one thing I can understand in the entirety of Ocean's development process is the need to delve into a secondary project to prevent burning out on a single title or story. Sometimes ideas and inspiration dry out and switching to another project can keep things fresh for a bit until you're ready to return. Sure it sucks for us but I can see it working out great for him.
Now that Mav's involuntarily away for a bit, I'll take this chance to say I wouldn't mind if WiAB was taken out back and put out of it's misery
Which again, this is the man's livelyhood. Gotta keep that in mind. As much as I despise the changes to both novel's, I understand that sometimes you do what you gotta do.
There are other options besides steam but nah he can't work with 75% income he needs the whole kit and kaboodle. We know for a fact that there are games that have been removed for steam and are making a KILLING on their own website like no mercy but no he wants the general steam income instead of making a good product that would sell through word of mouth.
And yes i donate to various projects multiple times throughout the year but i don't support devs who change their original vision just to make a quick buck. It's scummy, its sleazy and its lazy, hell you guys are lucky to get one update a year.