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It's interesting reading through all the opinions, but it is (IMO) a bit assumptive to simply write off the future of the game because of a buyout.
True, many mergers/buyouts end up significantly changing the product line - but to assume that is ALWAYS the case is taking things a bit far.
At this point, we have every reason to believe Markus wants to keep working on making OOTP the best baseball simulation available - and doing that will certainly make SEGA money. Until sales starts to fall off, I wouldn't worry too much about what SEGA "might" do.
That being said, no game lasts forever. With the possible exception of the "SIM" series, every game is ultimately replaced with something else. I certainly can't say that OOTP will be here 5 or 10 years from now, but I suspect many of us here will be on to other interests as well.
Let's wait and see what happens. The "400" drama was bad, but the Season Ticket "scenario" was good. For the moment, I'll bet on this being "good".
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