Two words: MARKET RESEARCH
HTC would have to have it done but I'd like to see the results before "assuming" potential profit away.
My best guess is you aren't in marketing are you?
...and whos to say that his research doesn't say that people LIKE bombing GVs and is one of the top 3 reasons they play?
No I'm not in "Marketing" but I understand it, and I'm open minded enough to see more of the big picture. No I don't see it all in the big picture as I'm sure I have my blind spots as well. Like Jayhawk said, they seem to be doing alright at HTC.
For the record, I'm not in favor of a gv only arena. Where you got that from I can only guess. I just like fast action. If I have only an hour to play sometimes, I dont like spending half of it driving. I suppose someone else wanting to have fun in a way that is different from your own is a yank to your whitey tighties. If there was a good gv spot like we have at 135 on all bases that didnt interfere with the land grabbers we would have a lot more tank guys playing. As of late, Ive logged in for only 45 minutes or so only to become bored and log. What bothers me the most is that a large percentage of the concerns and opinions are comming from people I rarely see in a gv. If you rarely gv then why should it matter to you. Thats not the case here.
I don't spend much time in GVs, heck I don't get to spend much time in planes these days
but I like those that bomb GVs, I've done it myself. To me it's a fun place to find a fight. Come in hvy, pop a couple of GVs and then chase down others who come in hvy to get me some A2A kills. While I don't spend much time in GVs they are pretty important to game play for me.