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If the plan was to drop support for COD, there would have been a world wide same day release, where they took the money and run. They certainly wouldn't have done an Eastern release with all the bad publicity that caused, then worked 24/7 for months for the western release. The plan is still to support and add on to the series for years. The early release just enfused the project with much need cash to continue work. The devs and publishers have certainly taken a serious publicity hit, but I suspect most in the community understand the process and have enough foresight to see the product improved for many years.
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We all wish for that, but you have to admit there is no guarantee.
CoD was not the first flight simulator of Maddox Games as they already had a multi-year experience in developing IL-2.
So it is not fair to compare the 2 games from their release as many do.
You can somewhat forgive newly formed dev-teams like 777 now or Eagle Dynamics (in the old LockOn era) for "rookie" early mistakes, but you wouldn't expect that pre-alpha quality software from the best sim developers in the world.
I wish I will be wrong, but the (very basic) issues that are fixed in the recent patches indicate a stalled development without a bright future in sight. I see it like they all originate from a max of 2 persons working full-time. Probably a programmer and a tester.
Time will tell...