Sure it was, and sure you were...kinda like I am now, a bit Sorry!It's not my intention in this post to be scathing.
You and egosoft might have a different interpretation of "broken." If they project that a new X game won't get them the sales they want/need, its broken by that definition. The fact that there's a small niche of us devoted to that particular theme is a bit irrelevant. Just my speculation thoTo me, don't fix it if it ain't broken. They want to fix it until it's broken?
Chances are I'll buy TNBT so long as it doesn't compromise too much for the lower rts/shooter masses. (I guess that makes me an elitest...see what I did there?) And if TNBT doesn't cater to my personal whims, I'll still have TC, R, and an awesome modding community to fall back on.