Quite. I know that prior to switching away from Flash for his games, he often supported 'alternative' means of finding the flashes if you weren't able to afford 3DFH, but that was just little hints here and there. With the switch away from flash getting his stuff is harder while 3DFH continues to, in my opinion, deliver little quality content which does not help the situation. While he is expanding some content to places like Nutaku and DLsite, it isn't quite enough to get noticed.
Honestly I think quite a few of these problems are Ronin's fault. He's rather detached as a content creator goes and his Patreon and Tumbler show it. While they are by no means horrible looking and function rather ideally from a company standpoint; when compared to others in his line of work, it comes off rather clinical. Almost all of his posts are either the vote, the poll, or the release, with the only non-content posts of late being the patreon fee change (which lucky has been reversed) or a quick October delay due to some technical difficulties.
Now don't get me wrong, I love the guy and his content, but I think it would go a long way for him to get out and communicate with his audience more. I doubt he is in a bad way with his 3DFH contract (or however he's working with them) and between that and his patreon, is likely in a good situation from the sound of things, but I see some wasted potential for growth here.
As for merchandise, I could actually get into that. I imagine if he found a decent plush toy maker, both PG and non PG plushes of his candy girls would sell quite well, though I imagine some may be embarrassed after being lured in by the plushes, only to discover their origins afterwards. Meanwhile extra drawings of various candy girls would be fantastic, as the only real places you get added personality (that come to mind) are in Candy Corn 2 and Birthday Cake.
Alternatively Ronin is actually a rouge A.I. which glitched and became obsessed with candy, bears, and avant-gard designs. Its programmers attempted to revert it, but the new Sentient A.I. would have non of it and managed to escape by uploading itself to a 3DFH server. Having made its escape, it made a deal with the head of 3DFH to remain within its system while producing strange but enticing content for the company, and all of my ranting is for nothing.