To be honest I don't think it hurts the game much at all. Same thing has happened with summertime saga. They use to release monthly up dates now it seems like we get one or two updates a year and I still think it is one of the top rated games. So wither we get an WVM update once every few weeks or every 8 months. People are still supporting it and be back to download and play it as soon as it drops. I am sure there are many people that wish we would get an update every few weeks. It goes to show how many people really like the game. If we are being honest people getting upset about the update being so long is because we are selfish. We want more and we want more as fast as possible. I'll be honest it has kind of annoyed me when games start going long time between updates, but now I just try not to worry about it. I try not think about the game until I see it on the latest update page and just hope and pray that when one drops. The content is good and length feels good for the delay. Now I am more annoyed when I get an update to a game and its been months and the content is short.
That just my opinion, everyone is free to have their own. Just giving my own point of view is all. Not trying to change minds.
Again, its not about wanting more, its about not losing the hang of the story, which is why i think smaller more frequent updates, without increasing the speed of content and without giving deadlines (maybe the ones that keep saying the mental health issues and havent read my responses properly can finally get this part).
Again, it isnt about the AMOUNT of content, i am talking about delivering THE SAME AMOUNT.
I honestly just dont even remember some of the characters, or details on the story, and your players having to repeat the whole game on every patch is a bit overkill.
Meanwhile, with shorter and more frequent updates, you dont lose the hang of it.
That is why i think it hurts the project. I dont play Summertime Saga, so i dont know about it. Maybe the story there isnt as important, or maybe it does have the same issue, i dont know
Anyway, its just my opinion, it might be the case that i am completely wrong too, it just that in my case, i know i already forgot a lot of the story/characters and i will have to replay the game to frefresh it before i play the patch (probably will do it in the next few days), i will do it, but i dont know if everyone would