Is Xeodrifter not very good? That's disappointing. I liked Renegade Kid's last game.
It's a great game.
But it's about 2 hours long and was a PS+ day one game, so some people are understandably a little down on the release.
BUT it will have a full color manual with new, original art for this release, so they are going the whole way to make sure there's more value to it.
Or LRG are a bunch of underprinting jerks. I can't really get on board with this scheme, it's basically amiibos but more expensive and vastly worse quantities. I hope someone comes and eats their lunch producing actually acceptable quantities of games.
Think about this for a second:
They have no reason to be "underprinting jerks". They have incentives to increase the production runs if it would sell anyways because it would increase their profits. This is simply really hard to find the right values for, and requires a lot of upfront costs.
People have been trying to "eat their lunch" for a while, and have been there first. What they are doing is different and more limited because it works at a smaller scale and without needing shelf space.
If you would like to support their competitors, please buy Toki Tori 2+ by Sodesco. It's a really great game for $19.99, out now, and with the business model you want.