That depends entirely on how you look at it. If you see Obsidian as a million seller company , then what happens here isnt worth diddly. Even if everyone signed up here didnt by KOTOR III, it would make little impact.
Fanbase is only important if you rely on them for you sales, which KOTOR II didnt since it was a mass market title.Fanbases of the forgiving kind are also useful for shifting blame to others. Troika fans following TOEE springs to mind. Equally fanbases can be a dam nuisence when your trying to do something new to an established franchise.
Publishers and liscenses are worth a heck of a lot more than fans in the real world. Those are the people you want to placate, not some screaming message board yahoo's.