Well, according to the latest DP newsletter, they took an informal advice count from their current financial partners (those of us who have prepaid for the game or have a deposit) and TBL buyers overwhelmingly told them to not take on a willing and able financial backer to help DP get the TBL's completed and to continue on as a company.
I may have been absent that day, so I thought I would conduct a poll to see if I can reproduce the results. The basic facts are:
1. DP's contract manufacturer (ARA) has not been paid to their satisfaction. No one has seen the contract, so no one can say who is at fault.
2. DP has decided not to sue ARA and to not pay them as well.
3. ARA has halted production of the games, is sitting on about 50 completed games and lot of game parts that ARA has paid for.
4. ARA has offered a way out for DP in the form of an investment in DP's company. Although the management terms are unknown to us, we do know that ARA (and ARA's parent company) would own 51% of the company
So, DP asked a bunch of us if they should take the deal. As mentioned, a few of us were absent that day, perhaps playing a pinball machine that we paid for and actually possess, who knows?