2019 was indeed a bad year for ICO/IEO, much worse than for altcoins. I don't understand how could the potential investors be so hugely uninformed. 2018 has already shown that ICO/IEO are way too risky and most are pure scam.
I understand that some do have a huge appetite for risk, but I fear that here it was more than that. Some see coins / tokens investments like some sort of lottery - no information check, just put some money in and hope for the best. Too bad.
Still, although knowing all this, I am still surprised on how bad the numbers are!