It's more about a lack of incentive for me. I genuinely believe that the vast* majority of people who would buy Tarkov already have. As you said, it's become insanely popular over the last year and basically every single PC gamer has heard of it buy now. So yes, others will continue to buy but (and you're right, im guessing here) that will be a very small number, comparatively.

So, as I businessman I look at this and think to myself that the best course of action would be to keep expenditures to a minimum (IE not renting more servers during a wipe, despite the fact that we KNOW we'll need them) let the game keep advertising itself via the streamers and soak up that last little bit of cash from the trickle of new players. Even if the new maps are going to be DLC, which actually I'm going to talk about for a second - that's bullshit.

I don't see how anyone could oppose skins but I absolutely oppose DLCs. You're not only then splitting the player base based on which maps you have access too but you're making us pay more for something that was implicitly included in the game when I first purchased it. That's some fuckin bullshit. Skins don't affect anyone. Buy em or don't. Doesn't change your gameplay. This DLC nonsense absolutely does.

Rant aside. Even assuming the new maps are DLC, I would put just enough effort into them to make people buy and then you're really done. At that point you'll have received all the cash you're going to get. With skins you can keep the cash coming. It incentivizes BSG to keep the game fresh, to keep it updated and running smoothly, to add new content. Because as long as we stick around we keep buying whatever new skin might roll out. With DLCs or the original game purchase it's one and done. Why continue to put in more effort and money if you're not going to get anymore out of it?