I actually have to agree with the conclusion to some degree. Mega Man platformers haven't passed a million sold since MMX, and have seen steady decline over time. The spinoffs hit their stride with the BN games and have also been going down from there. There just seem to have been too many years with too many new titles, not to mention all of the re-releases.
The Star Force games started off way better than Legends did, and they dropped really fast. If they have reason to believe that the game won't have stellar sales, and they do, they probably wouldn't put the effort into making it great themselves. In fact, that's probably why they went the fan approach - free labor. They need to back off a little bit, and trying to revive a spin-off that wasn't a huge success to begin with is not necessarily in the company's best interest. At least not now.
Maybe they don't need a hiatus as long as Street Fighter took, but there's been some definite overload. With Inafune gone now, it's time for a break.
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"Principally I hate and detest the animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas and so forth" - Jonathan Swift
BT with the victory!