Indeed, early access games have a similar problem where certain developers get a lot of initial capital for an incomplete game and then slow down the developmen

Indeed, early access games have a similar problem where certain developers get a lot of initial capital for an incomplete game and then slow down the development process for one reason or another, sometimes even completely abandoning the state of the game at a point that is no where near the vision they pitched to players. It's understandably getting harder for people to put trust into up-and-coming projects.