Well, in some cases it is true. I am making a game and I'm partially disabled and my demo has been out for 3 years and I haven't really had a lot more put out than that minus art and hiring people on DA/upgrading my art. Some people can get super busy and will eventually finish things. I am truly by myself on my game, making everything. I've had 3 surgeries, been diagnosed with 2 mental illnesses, moved twice, had to help with 2 people recover from surgeries, and changed jobs twice including getting into the medical field instead of being a chef all within the span of me releasing my game back in 2017 as a hobby/rehab from recovering from back-to-back arm surgeries. So, it just depends, really. I put out my love for this game in hopes they know people still like it.
Passion can show through both actions and words. It just depends on each person. Some people can bite off more than they can chew. I did. I created a game with 4 routes, 13 characters, hundreds of thousands of lines of dialogue and it will eventually get done and everything I do is free and a hobby. I am paying people to help better it and will have it done someday even if it takes years. I have hundreds of ideas for more games. I do things for fun even when I am falling apart; I'm covered in braces, I can barely feel my hands, I keep depersonalizing, my vision keeps getting worse, and I hurt like hell yet pain meds do nothing for me so I do art and game making also as a way to cope with my own personal hell.
Sorry for the rant. Just thought I'd add in my two-cents. ;D