TO ALL CURRENT C&C FANS:

If EALA doesn’t inject the community with some new blood now, they never will. This franchise, and this community is dying. If they stick with the same formula that they did before, C&C will become even more niche, and if C&C4 does not bring in some major money, I guarantee you they will not fund the production of another C&C game. If your games do not make money, you stop making them. It’s that simple.

Command & Conquer is up against the wall. Obviously the old “Tried-n-true C&C formula” is not working. New players pick up C&C3 for 5 minutes, get smacked in the first 2 minutes of online play, uninstall C&C3, and then never touch any C&C game ever again(nobody likes a game where they lose). If EALA doesn’t try something drastically different, then no amount of base building or resource gather will bring C&C back. EVER. E-V-E-R.

EALA is trying their hardest to keep the franchise (and the community) alive. They are taking drastic measures to reduce piracy (online all-the-time), bring in new players (new game play mechanics), and help *retain* those players (getting rid of bases, build orders, etc.). They even have the decency to close out the Tiberian Saga, just in case this is their last C&C game (instead of leaving us hanging like Kane’s Wrath).

EALA, C&C, and this community now have their backs against the wall (whether you realize it or not). EALA has already displayed its intentions to come out swinging, and they’re bringing C&C with them. Are we, as a community, going to be so blind that we can’t even tell when our own existence is in jeopardy? Instead of trying to berate EA and its employees, why don’t you try and get your friends excited about C&C4, so maybe (just maybe) in 2 years you can come back and whine and complain about C&C5.

That’s my 2 cents.