Let's recap things Jack has said in public on record...
- They made 1000 POTC games
- They *can* make more POTC next year - (not blocked by expiring license, etc)
- Will they? He's been pro towards it, but not committal
My speculation? POTC got to be too expensive of a project, and sales forecasts were weak. So rather invest in the next batch of parts, the investor said "nope, table it, move onto Wonka ASAP"
- No one at TPF seemed happy about POTC ending 'early'
-They were adamant they were going to ship games very quickly after announcement and the noise was the main line was already cutting over to the new game. They intended to ship YBR within 2 weeks. This was proclaimed as the new way.. vs the perpetual delays
- When Wonka actually went public, the shipping window changed to 'within 60 days'. For those keeping track.. that was 69 days ago.
- They chose to launch Wonka near Pat's shop.. even without Jack and the investor family did the introduction.
These things together are what make me believe it was a 'forced decision' to move onto Wonka vs invest in another batch of POTC production. And Wonka was supposed to be 'done' and ready with much anticipation.
But we're back to same old same old... no games. POTC seems to be an option to build... its just if they can make it worth it to themselves.