I'd expect even if we were to move towards preregistration widely, that this situation would remain to some degree. Because universities lack the resources, pressure and time needed to turn a novel idea into a commercial product. As seen with battery research, being good at one thing is not enough, the solution needs to be bad at nearly nothing to compete with li-ion. In my experience some seemingly solvable roadblocks can turn into showstoppers very late and some showstoppers were not anyones radar whiling conceptualizing the solution.
I'd expect even if we were to move towards preregistration widely, that this situation would remain to some degree. Because universities lack the resources, pressure and time needed to turn a novel idea into a commercial product. As seen with battery research, being good at one thing is not enough, the solution needs to be bad at nearly nothing to compete with li-ion. In my experience some seemingly solvable roadblocks can turn into showstoppers very late and some showstoppers were not anyones radar whiling conceptualizing the solution.