[Doolittle81]

Whoever has been financing SOW:BOB cannot have deep enough pockets for the game to continue to be in development forever. After several years of being in development and paying expenses and salaries the investors (whoever they are) have to release it to pay the bills. How much could those expenses and salaries add up to be after 3 years of costing money and not making one (RED) cent ? (heheheheh: hey, accidental PUN in that statement ).

1C Company has a lot of products out on the shelves bringing in money...products which also certainly required much smaller R&D investment and start-up costs than SOW:BofB. Maddox 1C company Games

Having recovered their Production costs for those other Games/Products, a significant portion of the revenues/profits from continued sales can be used to cover costs of R&D for new products and product lines, including SOW:BofB. It's an aspect of the company's business plan as to when/how to reap profits and disburse same (dividends, etc) versus continued or even expanded investment into R&D.

1C also is frequently establishing new business partnerships with, or acquisitions of, other Game-producing and distributing companies, which generate additional revenues.

In a nutshell, luckily for all of us I think, 1C is not a One Trick Pony.