There's such as thing as eating your seed corn. VFTW has brand value, and he's diminishing that value foolishly IMHO. Better to forego revenue today and keep the quality up for the long run.
OTOH, I would have written exactly the same thing before all the credit card pimping began. So what do I know?
Maybe he doesn't believe that investing his time in VFTW is worth what it used to be? Or maybe there just isn't so much game left in the game that it's worth the time as much as the alternatives?
Unless in the game for "fame", isn't it about being in the game to grow a little fortune or at least not squander it away?