We shouldn't buy the next product, not until we know it's fluid and an experience worth buying into. But one thing I will say is, whether you like the developers or not, D2 is an experience like no other. That's why the player base won't fade out completely. Ok it'll dip and struggle for numbers now that they seem to be less focussed on it but, it'll never die. The storyline, the time and effort put in over the years, the experiences with and without friends/clans, the character development etc etc I won't go on... people have put so much time (and money) into this and thats a hard thing to just give up entirely. I've been very close to it, I haven't played D2 for a very long time up until a couple of days ago but the thing that always pulls me back in is the sheer fact that it offers me what other games don't. And that's what needs to be realised. In the right hands, this game/franchise could last for another 20 years, easily. But bungie are concentrating on new ventures and new ways of building player bases and shifting their focus elsewhere, instead of looking at what they already have in front of them.... a loyal player base that other developers would sell their soul for. And I'm sorry but -blam!- Marathon, concentrate on what you have, don't break what's unbroken. The player base will soon return if you refocus your efforts back into D2, so much they could do. Reinvest and reinvent a little, release it's potential further, it's a better bet than Marathon is I assure you.