I agree with this statement. We aren't talking about a company that's going to sit idle and counting their cash as soon as the game ships. The game IMO is very unique, it will last many years.

You're got it partially backwards, a funded game can create more motivation to improve the game. For example , the guys that work on Dota have real jobs and things they like to do, working on Dota is a hobby.

On the other hand, this IS Stardock's job. There are plenty of reasons for support after sales, keeping a game going is easier than going through the entire game making process. Continued improvements will lead to more sales, an example being DoTA. If you recall DotA wasn't very popular until after quite some time after it was released and slowly improved, thus increasing the amount of people that downloaded it and played it.

This will lead to an expansion usually which generates more sales of the original game and profit from the expansion in a way that's much easier than making a full game.Also, Stardock and GPG are thinking about opening up mods, which alone will create oodles of content provided the game has a big enough fanbase. I think they'll be just fine.

Best example? Mother freaking Starcraft. Blizzard makes so much god damn money off that game and they haven't touched it in way too many years. It's like money that keeps falling in their pockets. Good game, by the way. You should play it, if you haven't..

I think the game will come out and there will undoubtedly be bug fixes and balancing to be done first. Eventually we will see the two new Demigods based on how things go with the game ( Demigods to try and balance things out ) and we will see a few new maps.

After that I think we will see occasional map releases... and from there I hope to see a map editor toolset for the game. From what people have said so far it seems the map files are modeled and not built like other RTS games. So, I would figure there'd be a lot of work needed to allow us to have a map editor.

Of course, we may see some new map modes somewhere down the line too... But if we get proper modding tools then I think the fans will provide new maps and map modes. Basically, the lifespan fo the game is very dependent on modding tools (map editor too) as it is very difficult for a team of developers to keep producing content to keep people happy for years to come.

TLDR: Games need modding tools and map editors to have a long lifespan. Warcraft III and Starcraft are prime examples of this. Great games are only made better by mods.

Oh my friends those of you who have doubts is because you havent seen stardock in action, you can expect plenty of updates. although i consider it normal that people thinks like that when they come from other companies like ....... better not to mention names, but trust me Stardock Rocks.

Yeah, Stardock is pretty good, I played SoaSE for a while and things were good. Even with updates, I still thinks mods are essential.