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Having supported OOTP since nearly their beginning, and even though I'm just a "casual" hockey fan, I still purchased this game before the release, due to the fact that I'm a huge sports sim guy. And I do think that for hardcore hockey fans, they will continue to support this product, but for someone like me, I really won't have any interest in purchasing the next release. Having owned several businesses myself, I'm sure these guys are excellent "coders"(if that's the right term), but I really wonder if they had a "business plan" when they decided to tackle this project? As a consultant, and working with many startups, and small buisinesses, my advice to the developers would be, don't quit your day job. The drop in sales on the next version will be drastic. Just make sure you have some steady income coming in, and although still a struggle, it will be easier to overcome certain obstacles, and the outcome is, this game will survive. But counting on a game like this to put food on the plate, pay the rent, etc., not going to happen!
With that said, ten years from now, I hope this game is still around, and that the nightmare of version one will truly be a distant memory.
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