I guess it's just a matter of perspective, I'm certainly not saying you're wrong and I'm right because neither of us knows what's going on behind the closed doors of GREE HQ.
But for me, Modern War is a low quality game and has been for a long time. What do we have?
1. Ridiculous lag
2. Boring as hell LTQs
3. WD which is now pretty much run by auto-bots
4. Frontline which half the players love, half the players despise (I'm firmly in the despise camp)
5. 1980's graphics
6. Glitch after glitch
etc. etc. etc.
The game in isolation is rubbish. It's mainly the competitive/tribal nature of factions that make it mildly entertaining. Plus the fact that most of us feel we have spent so much in the game that we can't walk away now.....
Modern War will NEVER be a high quality game. Perhaps they're secretly working on MW2...?
The sheer cost of removing the miles of duct tape from the infrastructure would (probably) cost a lot more than building/buying a new platform.
The acid test, in my opinion, as to whether GREE are smart or stupid is simple -
1. Are there still lots of whales who spend stupid amounts of money on this game (or who are great at hacking)
2. Do GREE avoid spending a dime wherever possible.
Yes and yes.
I applaud GREE, from our outside perspective, they're doing exactly the right thing.