lylekelm wrote:
GWs focus is 40k/30k not AT.
Early epic game editions lead vehicle concepts like the ordinatus and knights.
40k sales suffered and epic was killed off to save the company's flag ship.
I would be happy to see AT following 40k releases but its not happening. It can not be allowed to challenge the 40k money stream.
While I'd love for this to actually be true, as it would indicate that AT88, AT18, and the various editions of Epic were very popular, I can't see this being the case.
If there's one thing you can definitely say about GW, it's that they follow the money.
Studies about hobby spending have indicated that it's actually pretty hard to saturate the market.
Epic suffered from too many stock units that started to crowd our display space in stores - which is VERY finite. The rules were not the issue - the way they sold the miniatures was. The line became bloated and sales suffered as a result. Ergo, it was eventually cut.
You'll note they're keeping a very strick rein on the number of miniatures this time around, which actually indicates that they think the game has got legs - they're not going for a quick cash grab then cut.