Dawn of War III has $3,5 million budget
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000:_Dawn_of_War_III
It's not a budget of AAA class game but a budget of kickstarter game, such like Planetary Annihilation 2013 - $2,23 million.
For comparisson not the best looking (as for me) Supreme Commander had $10 million budget.
So, all the limitations and strange (stupid) game design dessisions are the consequences of a low budget production. Sega has given not enough money for full value siquel. I believe even if relic went to crowdfunding for new DOW3 game they would recieve more money from W40K players. But Sega owns the franchise and owns relic. So there is no hope in this perpective.
Good news for thom who like it and bad for thom who dont like it -
Dawn of War III is commertially succesful game with 270,000 copies sold.
Incounting that the averange worldwide price is about $35 (in the worst case) income be at least $9 million, IDK about tax rates but I'm sure it's more than twice or more of budget after paying all the taxes.
PS> In this case, Arch Warhammer's guess that Relic is about to making COH3 is extremely naive, because it's absolutely unnessesary, they can milking DOW3 for years.
That's how the game industry looks like today.
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UPD1 article has been removed from wikipedia I think after lelic's claim
"The budget for the game might to have been within 3.5 million USD according to the Sammy-SEGA annual earnings report page 7." And source:
http://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/ir/library/pdf/printing_annual/2016/2.%20ar2016_e.pdf
UPD2
http://steamcommunity.com/id/gorbles
This quote from Gorbles relic forum moderator here sent to one of members about my post after I reported his troll message look at screenshort below
Изначально опубликовано Brother Aspholon:
I just got a message from a steammod reading "LMAO he's an idiot but please stop it." Affirmative!
Also that user tried to hide it and write " It wasn't Gorbles" but only after I said that it was him I completely understand he is scarred.
Gorbles is usung mod functions to insult ppl in private messages without any reason.
Gorbles now wonders if mod messages could be removed or not. #REALLY EPIC DILEMMA
UPD3
LOL Gorbles's removed messages. I've already made all the screenshorts.
https://ibb.co/nG4Ywa