To the defense of Renegade Legion and Battletech, I have and will buy both.....
Same here.
I buy a lot of games. However, I know a few people who 'dedicate' themselves, and are averse to purchasing a wide assortment instead for heavy investment into one or two. Usually it's due to limited resources and/or time. They will play if someone else brings the materials, or they feel up to it.
And, then there are some people who are just plain picky.
I'm a generalist, and will give everything its fair shot, and may hold onto it. I bought a lot of Monsterpocalypse last summer, for example. Not much new is coming out for them right now, and while the game is cute, I had an ulterior motive: Buildings! And, their units are useful across genres, too.
I can see the arguments on both sides. An avid gamer is an avid gamer, but when you have such drastic tastes across what is already a very small market, I guess it becomes hard to justify keeping one going over another. It's quite possible that FASA was losing money over RenLeg. I don't know.
But, it would be nice to have some sort of fluff update, even if it is in a voluntary basis.