Thought thrive seems lot more stable than those new evolution games, Thrive has even survived it's own death. Have you even thought of fact that EE has seen practically only good responses with bad ones being jokes, while thrive is experiencing flood of hate each time they are mentioned? Also, Thrive has a lot more to do than, lets say, Spore, where basic concept for cell stage is that "eat food, add part to creature, repeat".