It is possible, of course, that with rising prices, activity in such projects will increase. But for real projects there were no obstacles in development. A vivid example of proper development is OPTHERIUM.
It does not matter whether the market hindered the development of the project or not, but whether the project will be successful. And it will take years.
But many crypto investors do not want to wait. They sell their tokens and sometimes in bad market condtitions they sell the tokens for very small price.