This is one of the few things that disappointed me upon release of the game. I was sure they would add more companions.
They wanted but they just ran out of time. Postponing the release even further wasn't an option either due to contracts with distributors. But Larian still work on the stuff and they want to give us more companions for free. I think many AAA developers would have just cut the content (you know: not ready for relase = cut) or they would sell it as DLC for $10 each...
I really doubt this.
I feel pretty sure that any AAA developer that knew what was in their own interest and had a "Henchmen becomes companions. Companions have a background, their own story to tell, their own goals, and their own personality" stretch goal as a Kickstarter goal, which was achieved, but failed to deliver on that promise upon release by having a mere two companions (with very little personality and extremely limited interaction with anything but the main character) and a large number of henchmen, would do their best to add more and better fleshed out companions post release if they could find any way to afford it. Not only out of professional pride, but also out of sound business logic.
Probably not turning all henchmen into fully fledged companions, but at least two or three to show that they were a) competent in that regard (something that the two current companions does little to demonstrate), and b) tried to honour their promises to their backers.
After all, the alternative would be to try keeping a straight face while saying that Jahan and Madora were definitely worth the 100,000$ investment and what they
really meant when they made the stretch goal, should they ever try to start another kickstarter project and be called on their record from previous projects.
EDIT: Or even worse, just consider the stink that would arise in such a situation if the company tried to sell extra companions as DLC shortly after release as you suggest other companies would do? That would pretty much guarantee negative press.
No. Larian isn't doing this because they are a bunch of good and worthy souls, though for all I know they may well be that - I am confident that they are doing it because they are professionals.
