Xabba, I've learned something from the last 4 years when I've been in touch (for simulation purpose) with companies like Ubisoft, EA France and other smaller : passion no longer exist.
I mean when I remember the era of companies like Microprose, there was passion and 'love' for their products. Remember we had fantastic packaging, nice products even if they knew they could'nt sell large numbers of boxes because at this time, there was less players.
Today when you call one of those big editors, you talk with a product manager who just came out from his business school and doesn't know much about his own games portfolio. Most of them do not even play.
So how do you expect someone to sell and promote something he doesn't really know (and care ?). They just follow business models and return on investment.
Yeah passion... is dead and all is about money. :hmm:
When you want things to be done correctly, it's better to do it by yourself (as much as you can/possible). So in a perfect world, SCS would be able to control everyting from A to Z I guess, and I'm pretty sure things would be done better.
Hopefully we still have the luck to speak directly with Jamie & SCS and to give our feedback. I thank them for this
ps : The last guy who gave him a strong impression was from Tesseractions.