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<blockquote data-quote="Scribble" data-source="post: 4747318" data-attributes="member: 23977"><p>That might very well be the case, but:</p><p></p><p>They've removed themselves from the market entirely, not just the OOP stuff, and we've been told they're looking at other avenues to return to the digital market.</p><p></p><p>That's the main reason at this point I see it as that they really are attempting a fix. They shut the whole shebang down, not just parts they didn't feel helped them.</p><p></p><p>Shutting down the whole thing is a HUGE move, one that (quite obviously) is having huge consequences. You REALLY think they wouldn't have seen that coming?</p><p></p><p>Wouldn't it be easier to just shut off the old product? A large portion of the fanbase buying that product have already written off the new product to begin with. Why risk ill will with your current product fans?</p><p></p><p>It just seems way to crazy an idea to me to picture this as some sort of underhanded scheme to get rid of the old product and cause people to suddenly want to buy the new. </p><p></p><p>(Especialy when there is history of the company/ product routinely cutting off the old market in favor of the new. It just seems simpilar just to say we're no longer supporting the old product, and be done with it rather then an elaborate rouse involving a court battle and loss of sales of their main product.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scribble, post: 4747318, member: 23977"] That might very well be the case, but: They've removed themselves from the market entirely, not just the OOP stuff, and we've been told they're looking at other avenues to return to the digital market. That's the main reason at this point I see it as that they really are attempting a fix. They shut the whole shebang down, not just parts they didn't feel helped them. Shutting down the whole thing is a HUGE move, one that (quite obviously) is having huge consequences. You REALLY think they wouldn't have seen that coming? Wouldn't it be easier to just shut off the old product? A large portion of the fanbase buying that product have already written off the new product to begin with. Why risk ill will with your current product fans? It just seems way to crazy an idea to me to picture this as some sort of underhanded scheme to get rid of the old product and cause people to suddenly want to buy the new. (Especialy when there is history of the company/ product routinely cutting off the old market in favor of the new. It just seems simpilar just to say we're no longer supporting the old product, and be done with it rather then an elaborate rouse involving a court battle and loss of sales of their main product.) [/QUOTE]
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