Agree on the point, disagree on the one stating that this is necessarily solved by a sequel. The upcoming DLC likely proves there are still so much more that can be done with JWE. Thus, no 'need' for a sequel.
Wrong. Engine is usually never a problem because even if that were the case, there would be numerous workaround that could be done in order to implement a given thing with reasonable acceptability.
More likely, what you're trying to say is that JWE suffers from processing limitations, all of which stem from it being ported to several consoles. This, and this alone, also makes a delusion from the wish, because not even a newer gen of consoles would be enough to eventually handle what people want.
That's not what I've read but, even if it were true, engime could be updated without too much complication on a real Expansion (capital letter) DLC. This would likely affect savegames, yes, but it would still be your choice to get it or skip it.
Anyway, I've already learnt to not take seriously everything they say. Dinosaur re-sizing, Nublar sand and some other things were supposedly 'impossible', and yet they were eventually implemented. So I don't think any of us can really state what the devs can or cannot do.
Why likely? I don't think it's likely for many reasons, the first and main one is that it is too early to think on a sequel, particularly after how badly JWE performed at launch and the bad press it got at first. Yeah, JW3 may be on the way, but all the work and resources an alleged sequel would require would be better spent improving JWE, if only to clean Frontier's name. I don't think anyone would think of buying a sequel after the JWE fiasco. I know I wouldn't, no matter how cool they painted it (they've already did once, not gonna get trapped again).
Also, aside from the leak, there is no other evidence that suggests a sequel being in the work, to my knowledge, and the leak already proved true, but not totally accurate. Also, it spoke of more titles and areas than JWE, so it could very well were refering to anything else.
Those messages are fine, but I think we would do wiser to focus on the current game. As I've said, 1993 DLC proves there is still plenty of room to improve the game. Or maybe are you willing to spend another 60 bucks (plus several DLC) for just the same game with a bunch of tweaks?
Mentioning JWE on the same press conference hardly proves anything... Also, even considering they excel at developing tycoon games, why is it beyond them to want to expand their field of work with any other genre?
Italics mine, just to point out, again, that this is far better done via DLC from all points of view....
Once more, I repeat what I've already said. It's not the engine, but consoles alone.
And Frontier can fundamentally change the game's core anytime. The game is theirs, after all, they own and got the code, the graphics, the sounds. They can make any change they like via updates and DLC.
Another whole, different questions would be if such changes would be of the liking of everybody AND handleable by consoles....
