Here is Steve (the boss at BFC) explaining his thoughts on Steam.
There are a lot of dedicated fans though. Humm it's a war game that focus on realistic simulation so not it is not a big fan base. Steve has not made any announcement about a new engine but he mentions the idea here and there so clearly he is thinking about it at least sometimes. My rig has 16Gb too and I often have instances of all five games going - unless I have several really big games loaded I rarely break 9Gb used by all five. This is a performance thread that has significant input from Steve.
