I didn't realise COH2 was growing in players at such steady rate.
It is?
In fact the impression I got was that it had a declining player base...
I doubt if we are both wrong -- though in fairness, I have not researched stats since the last patch, so I suppose we might be wrong..
In this case, as your statement suggests, they should cut there losses and begin work on COH3.
Albeit it seems to have taken an eternity to have restored vCoH to something approaching the original, the impression I have - (probably incorrect) - is that not only are some previous players are returning to it, but it has attracted some curious new players also. (In fact, watching Kodachrome on his new computer, it was difficult to fault the almost HD graphics of the game).
And now that Relic have launched this big new sales pack incorporating vCoH and CoH2, logic dictates that they dare not let vCoH wither on the vine.
But as I wrote earlier,if Relic intend to revive and promote vCoh as well as CoH2, then they will need almost certainly to patch -and the question then inevitably arises: who pays for the vCoH patch?
Honestly, I would prefer them to sort out vCoH and CoH2 properly, before going further forward to CoH3. but that may be uncommercial on my part