Based on your argument CA already does that with new players. The point surely is that future versions have to do more than go down the EA (and sorry Codemasters) route of updating the rosters and using a new graphics engine.
If DB21 has exactly the same features and gameplay as DB14 then people shouldn't be shelling out money for it.
DB14 is an excellent first step but people will still pay for new versions if they have more depth in career mode etc, better situational AI, more stadiums, fewer bugs etc.
Intelligent post is intelligent.
Furthermore, BA evidently spent a heap of time and resources on making Cricket Academy.
For example, Cricket Academy is by far the most comprehensive editor ever seen on a sporting game. Maybe the graphics aren't quite as good as other games but given the sharing platform and wealth of features, I'd still say it's
#1 .
On the other hand, the career mode is probably one of the most shallow in any sporting games, particularly due to the teams never changing over 20 years.
I can't think of many other games where the editor is orders of magnitude more sophisticated than the main-selling game mode.
HOWEVER.... CA is practically done. It will get minor improvements over time, some being non-BA mods, but the amount of effort needed from now on is much less than the effort needed to get it up and running.
This means that for Bradman 15 and beyond, the time that was first spent on CA can now be spent on gameplay
The same goes for the users, as (I hope) the Bradman 14 database will be available for future games.
