CMBB Dying

[Mike Abberton]

Steel Panthers is a little different from CM (at least at the moment). How many different many versions of SP have come out since SSI went out of business? It basically is a supported game, with a developer that maintains it, and will probably made patches, if necessary, to keep it running on new hardware.

At the moment CMx1 does not have that right now, but I suspect that it will in the long run. Unless something new comes along to replace it, CMx1 will limp along for quite a while (look how long the Campaign Series lasted between Talonsoft ending support and Matrix picking it up), and then someone like Matrix will probably buy the rights to update it for current OS's and hardware. That usually happens after the original company goes out of business or at least stops producing products under that title.

So my guess is that the CM world will slowly shrink as it becomes harder to find and play on modern platforms. It won't disappear, but it will stagnate somewhat. Eventually it will get resurrected by some company and will enjoy a bit of a resurgence.