first look at the diplomacy

[Gothmog]

All very true. The problem is -- and this is worrying to me, too, really -- is that with games coming out in fairly rapid succession Johan's ability to keep up with them is going to be strained. I do know that Johan intends to do a final patch for Victoria (he has repeatedly promised one) and at least one more for CK. And there is a BIG 1.3 patch in the works for HOI2, as recent announcements in the forum have shown.

Well, I hope you're right here, but with what the changed policy might mean - and we are in many ways speculating here - it could mean that Johan would have to do at least the CK and Victoria stuff on his own time. And while he has done stuff like that in the past we can't count on - nor should we expect - him (or other Paradox folks) to do it again in the future for free.

But then again, the folks at Paradox seem to be fond of playing their own games, so that might work in favour of the above happening...

...but yet again, it's too early to tell. We'll have to wait and see how this applies to HOI2 and DIplomacy in the long term.

So don't give up on these guys yet! They haven't lost their way completely.

Not sure if you're addressing me here, but I for one sure haven't given up on them. Even if Paradox never made anything past fix bugs in their games, I'd still be interested in the games and buy them if they keep on making the kind of games they've been doing since EU1.