Fable Legends to have 5-10 year lifespan

[areason]

JayWood2010 said:

areason said:
It will not have the player base to justify support over 5-10 years.

Well considering Fable III sold over 5m it wouldnt be doubtful if it did.   

You do realize that if they do keep supporting the game with free content for 5-10 years then they are going to be putting a lot of money into the project. So they will need a lot of sales in order for such a model to work. And if the dlc/updates cost money they are potentially alienating a part of their player base.

 

Ofcourse it all depends on the budget of the game as well as it's scale, but constantly supporting a game with new features for 5-10 years is very expensive especially if the game brings no revenue other then the initial game sales.