Interesting

[Copper]

Wondering if we took an inter-club poll on who would purchase updated CMx1 and presented that as evidence to BF that it would be lucrative for them if that would do any good? We do polls on other stuff, yes?

Good idea Vic, but I doubt it would work. The sad economic truth is that they are looking at a growing market of players that like to play by themselves (or with themselves, by any standard found at the BF forums). The Shock Force game has sold more than all three CM games before it, and this is the market that is buying it (that I also suspect is made up of a lot of teens and actual military personnel, and just the military market alone is perhaps enough for them, who knows?).

The sad truth is that many of the consumers are not grognards, do not want to play against other people (or have never played against other people IP or PBEM before), and are action junkie teenagers. Take a look for yourself at any marketing articles in the literature that deal with video games... All in all, BF now has the market they wanted to begin with... or at least sold SF to into this market... not that they will ever sell anything else into this market now, blowing SF completely in the minds of many.

Cheers!

Leto